I have been searching for something like this for so long! Learning how to read between the lines and understanding these works...thank you very much. I am looking forward to the next deep dive. Btw, what are your thoughts on a Hero of our time? Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thank you, Diradj! If you like this style, you might enjoy the Hardcore Literature Book Club. We're doing Tolstoy atm, but Chekhov and Turgenev is coming up soon: www.patreon.com/hardcoreliterature - As for Lermontov, unfortunately I'm not super acquainted with his work, but will check him out! :)
Thank You! This has motivated me to subscribe to your Patreon as I read Don Quixote. You should definitely do this with other short stories. Also your eyes are spellbinding.
Hey Benjamin! Idk if you'll see this comment but I wanted to suggest/ask you to do more of these! I'd love to hear you read & give commentary on some Herman Melville short stories.
Benjamin , that was lovely. Thank you. Your reading brought the story alive and your insights along the way … fantastic…. When you talked about the sound of the puffs when a cigarette is 🔥….loved it . Please do a short story again in a similar format. Thanks again. I’m a new Patreon member!
Absolutely amazing. This has been one of the most pleasant experiences with a short story that I’ve had, and it’s because of your wonderful insights and thought provoking observations. I feel like I’ve really learned something from this, and I’ll apply this kind of deep reading to my own personal reads
As someone who has been struggling to read books again, this was awesome and it helped. I am subscribing and hoping that I will see more of these. Thank you
I read along in a danish translation. What a beautiful and sad short story. I could not fathom it all in one read, so I am going to give it a few more reads. I would deeply appreciate a video like this on a Turgenev short story. Perhaps from “A Sportsman’s Sketches”. Most of the short stories by Chekhov appears to have a main theme according to my interpretation. I have read five short stories by Chekhov and in all of these short stories there is a betrayal woman. Can someone who have read more of Chekhov please tell me if this woman character includes in most of Chekovs short stories? Love from 🇩🇰
Turgenev's story (which I always think of as 'Lukerya') about the peasant woman, Lukerya, he discovers when out hunting, who lives alone after a paralyzing illness. A beautiful story!
A great reading- full of beautiful observations of how this great story works on our soul. The relationship of son and mother as well as the terrible ending, remind me of Constantin and Arcadina in The Seagull.
Chekhov's short story "I want to Sleep" is one of the scariest short things I've ever read. Benjamin, are you familiar with the work of Leonid Andreev? His short (and not only short) stories are also impressive. It seems to me that he is undeservedly little known among non-Russian-speaking booktubers.
Thanks to you, I have now read for the first time in my life this story in the original Russian; Also, if you pay attention to details, it was after reading the newspaper headline "Figaro" that Volodya took a revolver and fired. Could it mean that he drew a parallel between Beaumarchais' play The Marriage of Figaro, where the idea of the moral superiority of the commoner and jester Figaro "defeats" aristocracy and bohemian rotten sanctimony, which our hero failed to do?
Thank you that was lovely . i like Checkhov his plays and The Idiot but i didnt see into his work the way you have this will help me to see things more clearly as i have chosen Checkhov as my first study to read all his works as you sugest in your other video I wish i had found you a lot earlier but feel thrilled to be able to catch up thanks to you These videos and the way you have explained everything are priceless thank you just doesnt cut it Wishing you all you wish for yourself take care and be happy
I have been searching for something like this for so long! Learning how to read between the lines and understanding these works...thank you very much. I am looking forward to the next deep dive. Btw, what are your thoughts on a Hero of our time? Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thank you, Diradj! If you like this style, you might enjoy the Hardcore Literature Book Club. We're doing Tolstoy atm, but Chekhov and Turgenev is coming up soon: www.patreon.com/hardcoreliterature - As for Lermontov, unfortunately I'm not super acquainted with his work, but will check him out! :)
This is fantastic content! Please do another sometime.
Thank you, Kit! Will do :) We're deep diving into 4 of Chekhov's short stories (Turgenev too) very soon in the book club!
Thank You! This has motivated me to subscribe to your Patreon as I read Don Quixote. You should definitely do this with other short stories. Also your eyes are spellbinding.
Not only his eyes are spellbinding, his voice is so gorgeous and melodic. I love how he read this story.
Great video,you have great insight into Chekhov's mindset.Hope you can do more of this type of analysis.Helps me immensely.
Please read Borges The Gospel According to Mark.
Hey Benjamin! Idk if you'll see this comment but I wanted to suggest/ask you to do more of these! I'd love to hear you read & give commentary on some Herman Melville short stories.
Benjamin , that was lovely. Thank you. Your reading brought the story alive and your insights along the way … fantastic…. When you talked about the sound of the puffs when a cigarette is 🔥….loved it . Please do a short story again in a similar format. Thanks again. I’m a new Patreon member!
It was an amazing experience. You should do more of this deep reading. Eagerly looking forward to it.
Absolutely amazing. This has been one of the most pleasant experiences with a short story that I’ve had, and it’s because of your wonderful insights and thought provoking observations. I feel like I’ve really learned something from this, and I’ll apply this kind of deep reading to my own personal reads
Thank you so much for doing this!! The best thing on RUclips!!
I beg for more!!
Me too
As someone who has been struggling to read books again, this was awesome and it helped. I am subscribing and hoping that I will see more of these. Thank you
Superb! Please do more readings of short stories and comments.
I read along in a danish translation. What a beautiful and sad short story. I could not fathom it all in one read, so I am going to give it a few more reads. I would deeply appreciate a video like this on a Turgenev short story. Perhaps from “A Sportsman’s Sketches”.
Most of the short stories by Chekhov appears to have a main theme according to my interpretation. I have read five short stories by Chekhov and in all of these short stories there is a betrayal woman. Can someone who have read more of Chekhov please tell me if this woman character includes in most of Chekovs short stories? Love from 🇩🇰
This was great! Thank you so much.
Turgenev's story (which I always think of as 'Lukerya') about the peasant woman, Lukerya, he discovers when out hunting, who lives alone after a paralyzing illness. A beautiful story!
Do you have the name of the story, please? Sounds very intriguing- the closest I could find was "The Princess" by Chekhov?
Very pleasant to watch, thanks :D
A great reading- full of beautiful observations of how this great story works on our soul. The relationship of son and mother as well as the terrible ending, remind me of Constantin and Arcadina in The Seagull.
Please do more of these videos! You are teaching how to see into the story.
Really enjoyed this, thank you.
please do another story of Chekov
Yes please
Thank you, it is so enjoyable
Does anyone else's edition of this book also have the introduction and contents at be back but before the last page of the steppe ?
Chekhov's short story "I want to Sleep" is one of the scariest short things I've ever read. Benjamin, are you familiar with the work of Leonid Andreev? His short (and not only short) stories are also impressive. It seems to me that he is undeservedly little known among non-Russian-speaking booktubers.
Thanks sir
Thanks to you, I have now read for the first time in my life this story in the original Russian; Also, if you pay attention to details, it was after reading the newspaper headline "Figaro" that Volodya took a revolver and fired. Could it mean that he drew a parallel between Beaumarchais' play The Marriage of Figaro, where the idea of the moral superiority of the commoner and jester Figaro "defeats" aristocracy and bohemian rotten sanctimony, which our hero failed to do?
Read it again with Benjamin, feels like getting to know this story more. What an experience. Hope this kind of reading continues.
This was a wonderful reading and analysis of Chekhov’s, Volodya. It is a great way to learn to deep read a short story. Thank you.
Thanks for this, really helpful, whilst I write an essay on short story form, using Chekhov stories.
Wonderful! Please do more.
Please do more stories.
I love this format!
thank you
Great reading. Three great stories worth checking out - Philip K. Dick's 'The Golden Man', 'Second Variety' and 'Colony'.
Oh it's a translation. Red thumb.
Thank you that was lovely .
i like Checkhov his plays and The Idiot but i didnt see into his work the way you have this will help me to see things more clearly as i have chosen Checkhov
as my first study to read all his works as you sugest in your other video
I wish i had found you a lot earlier but feel thrilled to be able to catch up thanks to you
These videos and the way you have explained everything are priceless thank you just doesnt cut it
Wishing you all you wish for yourself take care and be happy