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Fifty-Two Stories

(1883-1898)

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
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Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Read by Jim Frangione
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

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    About Fifty-Two Stories

    From the celebrated, award-winning translators of Anna Karenina and War and Peace: a lavish, masterfully rendered volume of stories by one of the most influential short fiction writers of all time.

    Chekhov’s genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more so than short fiction. Now, renowned translators and longtime house authors Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us their peerless renderings of fifty-two Chekhov stories–a full deck! These stories, which span the full arc of his career, reveal the extraordinary variety and unexpectedness of his work, from the farcically comic to the darkly complex, showing that there is no one type of “Chekhov story.” They are populated by a remarkable range of characters who come from all parts of Russia, all walks of life, and who, taken together, have democratized the short story. Included here are a number of never-before-translated stories, including “Reading” and “An Educated Blockhead.” Here is a collection that promises profound delight.

    About Fifty-Two Stories

    From the celebrated, award-winning translators of Anna Karenina and War and Peace: a lavish, masterfully rendered volume of stories by one of the most influential short fiction writers of all time.

    Chekhov’s genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more so than short fiction. Now, renowned translators and longtime house authors Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us their peerless renderings of fifty-two Chekhov stories–a full deck! These stories, which span the full arc of his career, reveal the extraordinary variety and unexpectedness of his work, from the farcically comic to the darkly complex, showing that there is no one type of “Chekhov story.” They are populated by a remarkable range of characters who come from all parts of Russia, all walks of life, and who, taken together, have democratized the short story. Included here are a number of never-before-translated stories, including “Reading” and “An Educated Blockhead.” Here is a collection that promises profound delight.

    About Fifty-Two Stories

    From the celebrated, award-winning translators of Anna Karenina and War and Peace: a lavish, masterfully rendered volume of stories by one of the most influential short fiction writers of all time.

    Chekhov’s genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more so than short fiction. Now, renowned translators and longtime house authors Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us their peerless renderings of fifty-two Chekhov stories–a full deck! These stories, which span the full arc of his career, reveal the extraordinary variety and unexpectedness of his work, from the farcically comic to the darkly complex, showing that there is no one type of “Chekhov story.” They are populated by a remarkable range of characters who come from all parts of Russia, all walks of life, and who, taken together, have democratized the short story. Included here are a number of never-before-translated stories, including “Reading” and “An Educated Blockhead.” Here is a collection that promises profound delight.

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    See all books by Anton Chekhov

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    Big Volodya and Little Volodya
    The Major Plays
    The Complete Short Novels
    A Life in Letters
    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

    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

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    Category: Literary Fiction | Literary Collections

    Hardcover | $35.00
    Published by Knopf
    Apr 14, 2020 | 528 Pages | 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780525520818

    Category: Literary Fiction | Literary Collections

    Ebook | $15.99
    Published by Knopf
    Apr 14, 2020 | 528 Pages | ISBN 9780525520825

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    Audiobook Download | $27.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Apr 14, 2020 | 1214 Minutes | ISBN 9780593169636

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    Praise

    “A first-rate collection. . . . Pevear and Volokhonsky select stories—happily, one for each week of the year—that express that devotion to realism, even if sometimes broadly satirically. . . . Encounters between young and old, rich and poor, country and city people mark these stories. . . . It’s a marvel of imagination. A welcome gathering of work, some not often anthologized, by an unrivaled master of the short story form.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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