Gooseberries — Cover art after Ivan Shishkin, Rain in an Oak Forest (1891)

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Gooseberries

by Anton Chekhov · read by Ian Michael Turrell · 28 min

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About this audiobook

Ivan Ivanovitch and his friend Burkin are walking in the rain when they stop at a country house. While they wait to dry off, Ivan tells the story of his brother Nikolai, a clerk who spent years saving to buy a small country estate. His one dream was to grow gooseberries. Anton Chekhov's short story asks what it means to be happy, and what it costs. Read by Ian Michael Turrell in twenty-eight minutes.

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Details

Length: 28 min
Narration: Solo narrator
Format: Unabridged audiobook
Released: June 2025
Publisher: Academy Voices
Language: English
ISBN: 9798347381289
Cover art: After Ivan Shishkin, Rain in an Oak Forest (1891)

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This edition of Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov is narrated by Ian Michael Turrell.

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