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    "Ward No. 6" and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) A. P. Chekhov, Translated by Ronald Wilks

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    Short Description for "Ward No. 6" and Other Stories, 1892-1895A collection of stories from the middle period of the author's career that show him exploring complex, ambiguous and often extreme emotions. It presents characters that face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence.
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  • These stories from the middle period of Chekhov's career show him exploring complex, ambiguous and often extreme emotions. Influenced by his own experiences as a doctor, "Ward No. 6", set in a mental hospital, is a savage indictment of the medical profession. "The Black Monk", portraying an academic who has strange hallucinations, explores ideas of genius and insanity; in "Murder", religious fervour leads to violence; while in "The Student", Chekhov's favourite story, a young man recounts a tale from the gospels and undergoes a spiritual epiphany. In all the stories collected here, Chekhov's characters face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence.