A Dreary Story (Russian: Скучная история, romanized: Skuchnaya istoriya, translated also as "A Boring Story") is an 1889 novella by Anton Chekhov, subtitled...
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Anton Chekhov bibliography (redirect from List of short stories by Anton Chekhov)
(Цветы запоздалые, 1882) A Living Chattel (Живой товар, 1882) Lights (Огни, 1888) The Party (Именины, 1888) A Dreary Story (Скучная история, 1889) Ward...
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Woe from Wit (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
of the Russian zuboskal, a mocker or jokester (literally, "one who bares teeth a lot"). From Anton Chekhov's A Dreary Story from the notebook of an old...
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Anton Chekhov (redirect from A. P. Chekhov)
from tuberculosis in 1889 influenced A Dreary Story, finished that September, about a man who confronts the end of a life that he realises has been without...
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The Raven (redirect from Once upon a midnight dreary)
famous poems ever written. The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—...
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voice of one of the book's five orphans, most likely Klaus, while "Dreary, Dreary" appears to be an ode to Beatrice, Lemony Snicket's ill-fated love interest...
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Книппер-Чехова; 21 September [O.S. 9 September] 1868 – 22 March 1959) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress. She was married to Anton Chekhov. Knipper...
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Uneventful Story (Polish: Nieciekawa historia) is a 1983 Polish film directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Gustaw Holoubek. The film is an adaptation of a short...
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Constance Garnett (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
Typhus A Misfortune A Trifle from Life The Wife and Other Stories London: Chatto & Windus (1918) The Wife Difficult People The Grasshopper A Dreary Story The...
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2018. "Dev movie review: Karthi, Rakul Preet starrer is a well-intentioned but dreary story of self-discovery and love". 14 February 2019. "அ.தி.மு.க...
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In the Cart (category Short stories by Anton Chekhov)
Russian teachers in the rural province, than this short story, complementing perfectly 'A Dreary Story' and 'The Man in the Case'," he argued. Leo Tolstoy...
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Мари́я Па́вловна Че́хова) was a Russian teacher, artist, founder of the Chekhov Memorial House museum in Yalta, and a recipient of the Order of the Red...
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"surprisingly great" and noted it was a "mature midpoint" between the group's signature "rollicking pop-rock confection[s]" and "dreary ballads". Lanksy additionally...
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is a 2015 drama film directed by Bernard Émond. It is based on the Anton Chekhov short story "A Dreary Story" (alternatively titled in English "A Boring...
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Earthsea (redirect from Firelight (short story))
the sky, and nothing changes. The souls who reside there have an empty, dreary existence, and even "lovers pass each other in silence". Le Guin has stated...
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Erie, Pennsylvania (redirect from Dreary Erie)
just plain ugly. The mistake on the lake. Dreary Erie. Miller, Jamie Lynn (December 2013). "A Cactus Story". SaltMagazine.com. Archived from the original...
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to a lower pitch and tempo, reflecting his dreary mood. But if Yoshi eats a Heart Fruit and becomes Super Happy, the music will instantly switch to a rock...
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everything, from befriending poets to having a place in the winter with a girl by his side. He says that the dreariness of everyday life kills people, while in...
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Pictures noted a "Nice cast, but dreary story"; Kine Weekly said "Polished and exciting melodrama. Semi-documentary in approach, it illustrates a hectic chapter...
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Pandora's box (redirect from Pandora's Box Story)
the opposite view: "[Hope] seems to be a blessing withheld from men so that their life should be the more dreary and depressing." The interpretation hangs...
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render graceful prose from dreary, commonplace, scraping-the-bottom human misery." The publication also praised the new story "The Errand" as having "more...
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Good Charlotte (redirect from Damious McDreary: A Boy and His Bat)
version resembles a 100-year-old book. The album booklet is done in the style of a storybook with the song lyrics detailing a story accompanied by illustrations...
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disappointing fare due to wafer-thin plot and dreary narration and eventually, the much-hyped action film goes for a toss, although it has its share of good...
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East of Ipswich is a BBC television drama from 1987 written by Michael Palin, based on his own memories of dreary holidays in English coastal towns in...
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of Stories is a 1990 children's novel by Salman Rushdie. It is Rushdie's fifth major publication and followed The Satanic Verses (1988). It is a phantasmagorical...
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Anthony (10 November 2019). "How 'Doctor Sleep' Went Into A Coma At The B.O. With Dreary $14M+ Opening, Following Surprise $17M+ Attack By 'Midway' –...
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Frankenstein (category Frame stories)
cold and dreary that summer to enjoy the outdoor holiday activities they had planned, so the group retired indoors until dawn. Sitting around a log fire...
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a character study than as a whodunit. It builds on suspense, but never becomes that exciting or interesting. But it's well-acted, though the dreary story...
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The Cat in the Hat (redirect from The Cat in a Hat)
who have been helping them through the dreary activities of Dick and Jane and other primer characters are due for a happy surprise." Helen Adams Masten of...
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2022). "Jamie Foxx rises again as dad, the vampire hunter, in Netflix's dreary 'Day Shift'". CNN. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved...
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