Kashtanka

About this film

LibriVox recording of Kashtanka, by Anton Chekhov. Read by Grant Hurlock. "Kashtanka," a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its eponymous heroine, a fox-faced, reddish dachshund-mix, whose name means 'little chestnut.' After her detestation of music causes her to become separated from the carpenter with whose family she had been living, Kashtanka finds herself taken up by an unusual vaudevillian and goes to live among an assortment of other intelligent animals, each of whom is observed with the characteristic empathy and humor that stamp Chekhov's work. (Summary by Grant Hurlock) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (22MB)

Directors & creators

Anton Chekhov

Subjects

LibriVox; audiobooks; animals; children; fiction; humor; short-stories; dog; Chekhov; Vaudeville; Russian literature

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