Selected Stories: (150th Anniversary Edition)

by Anton Chekhov, Ann Dunnigan (Translator), George Pahomov (Introduction)

Overview

150th Anniversary Edition

Praised by Tolstoy as an "incomparable artist", Chekov is considered one of the masters of the short story. This collection features twenty of his most noted stories, including The Confession, Ninotchka, and The Cure for Drinking.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451528797
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/01/2003
Series:	Signet Classics
Edition description:	150th Anniversary Edition
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	738,194
Product dimensions:	4.18(w) x 6.71(h) x 0.85(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian author of plays and short stories. Although Chekhov became a physician and once considered medicine his primary career, he gained fame and esteem through writing, ultimately producing a number of well-known plays, including The Seagull and Uncle Vanya, and a large body of innovative short stories that influenced the evolution of the form.

Table of Contents

Anton Chekhov: Selected StoriesIntroduction

The Confession
He Understood
At Sea - A Sailor's Story
A Nincompoop
Surgery
Ninochka - A Love Story
A Cure for Drinking
The Jailer Jailed
The Dance Pianist
The Milksop
Marriage in Ten or Fifteen Years
In Spring
Agafya
The Kiss
THe Father
In Exile
Three Years
The House with the Mustard - An Artist's Story
Peasants
The Darling

Selected Bibliography