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Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

By Anton Chekhov
Introduction by Richard Pevear
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Introduction by Richard Pevear
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Introduction by Richard Pevear
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Introduction by Richard Pevear
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

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    About Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

    Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life.
     
    Considered the greatest short story writer, Anton Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic depictions of Russian life and the human condition. From characteristically brief, evocative early pieces such as “The Huntsman” and the tour de force “A Boring Story,” to his best-known stories such as “The Lady with the Little Dog” and his own personal favorite, “The Student,” Chekhov’s short fiction possesses the transcendent power of art to awe and change the reader. This monumental edition, expertly translated, is especially faithful to the meaning of Chekhov’s prose and the unique rhythms of his writing, giving readers an authentic sense of his style and a true understanding of his greatness.

    About Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

    Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life.
     
    Considered the greatest short story writer, Anton Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic depictions of Russian life and the human condition. From characteristically brief, evocative early pieces such as “The Huntsman” and the tour de force “A Boring Story,” to his best-known stories such as “The Lady with the Little Dog” and his own personal favorite, “The Student,” Chekhov’s short fiction possesses the transcendent power of art to awe and change the reader. This monumental edition, expertly translated, is especially faithful to the meaning of Chekhov’s prose and the unique rhythms of his writing, giving readers an authentic sense of his style and a true understanding of his greatness.

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    Big Volodya and Little Volodya
    The Major Plays
    The Complete Short Novels
    See all books by Anton Chekhov

    About Anton Chekhov

    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are… More about Anton Chekhov

    About Anton Chekhov

    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are… More about Anton Chekhov

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Oct 31, 2000 | 496 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780553381009

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Jul 29, 2009 | 496 Pages | ISBN 9780307568281

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    “Theirs is an adagio reading, distinctive and fresh, that returns to us a work we thought we knew, subtly altered and so made new again.”—The Washington Post Book World, on Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s translation of The Brothers Karamazov

    Table Of Contents

    Introduction
    Translator’s Notes
    The Death of a Clerk
    Small Fry
    The Huntsman
    The Malefactor
    Panikhida
    Anyuta
    Easter Night
    Vanka
    Sleepy
    A Boring Story
    Gusev
    Peasant Women
    The Fidget
    In Exile
    Ward No. 6
    The Black Monk
    Rothschild’s Fiddle
    The Student
    Anna on the Neck
    The House with the Mezzanine
    The Man in a Case
    Gooseberries
    A Medical Case
    The Darling
    On Official Business
    The Lady with the Little Dog
    At Christmastime
    In the Ravine
    The Bishop
    The Fiancée
    Notes

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