How Long to Read The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 23 minutes to read The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII by A. P Chekhov

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The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII By Anton Pavlovich ChekhovAnton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his writing, revising and developing his own principles and conceptions of truth, for a time coming under the influence of Leo Tolstoy. As a result of his widespread popularity, Chekhov amassed a vast collection of short stories displaying an early use of stream-of-consciousness writing, as well as his powerful ideas concerning the individual, the tedium of life, and the beauty nature and humanity, among others "The Darling", "Ariadne", "Polinka", "Anyuta", "The Two Volodyas", "The Trousseau", "The Helpmate", "Talent", "An Artist's Story", and "Three Years".Grisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole. In the kitchen something extraordinary, and in his opinion never seen before, was taking place. A big, thick-set, red-haired peasant, with a beard, and a drop of perspiration on his nose, wearing a cabman's full coat, was sitting at the kitchen table on which they chopped the meat and sliced the onions. He was balancing a saucer on the five fingers of his right hand and drinking tea out of it, and crunching sugar so loudly that it sent a shiver down Grisha's back. Aksinya Stepanovna, the old nurse, was sitting on the dirty stool facing him, and she, too, was drinking tea. Her face was grave, though at the same time it beamed with a kind of triumph. Pelageya, the cook, was busy at the stove, and was apparently trying to hide her face. And on her face Grisha saw a regular illumination: it was burning and shifting through every shade of colour, beginning with a crimson purple and ending with a deathly white. She was continually catching hold of knives, forks, bits of wood, and rags with trembling hands, moving, grumbling to herself, making a clatter, but in reality doing nothing. She did not once glance at the table at which they were drinking tea, and to the questions put to her by the nurse she gave jerky, sullen answers without turning her face.

How long is The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII?

The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII by A. P Chekhov is 142 pages long, and a total of 35,784 words.

This makes it 48% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 15 minutes to read The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII aloud.

What Reading Level is The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII?

The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The Tales of Chekhov Vol. VIII is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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