Not Wanted by Anton Chekhov

by Anton Chekhov

Overview

"Not Wanted" is a short story by Anton Chekhov, the noted Russian dramatist and writer of short fiction.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015531220
Publisher:	Shamrock Eden Publishing
Publication date:	10/18/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	90 KB

About the Author

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian short-story writer, playwright and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career, saying, "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress."

Editorial Reviews

Chekhov is essentially a humorist. His is not the quiet, genial humor of an Addison or a Washington Irving nor the more subtle, often boisterous humor of a Mark Twain. His is rather the cynical chuckle of a grown-up watching a child assume grimaces of deep earnestness and self-importance. In his earlier stories the laughable, and it is a more or less cheerful laugh, with little of the serious behind it, often predominates. But as the stories grow more in volume, the undercurrent of gloom and a s

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