Forty StoriesIf any writer can be said to have invented the modern short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing. And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty Stories. The abashed happiness of a woman in the presence of the husband who abandoned her years before. The obsequious terror of the official who accidentally sneezes on a general. The poignant astonishment of an aging Don Juan overtaken by love. Spanning the entirety of Chekhov's career and including such masterpieces as "Surgery," "The Huntsman," "Anyuta," "Sleepyhead," "The Lady With the Pet Dog," and "The Bishop," this collection manages to be amusing, dazzling, and supremely moving—often within a single page. |
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... Chekhov in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1963. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860–1904. [Short stories. English. Selections] Forty stories / by Anton Chekhov; translated ...
... Chekhov in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1963. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860–1904. [Short stories. English. Selections] Forty stories / by Anton Chekhov; translated ...
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Anton Chekhov. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Introduction by Robert Payne Translator's Note The Little Apples St. Peter's Day Green Scythe Joy The Ninny The Highest Heights Death of a ...
Anton Chekhov. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Introduction by Robert Payne Translator's Note The Little Apples St. Peter's Day Green Scythe Joy The Ninny The Highest Heights Death of a ...
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Anton Chekhov. something of the Elizabethan in his calm assumption of power, in his elegance and the nervous quickness of his movements. His thick brown hair is brushed straight back from a clear forehead. He has thick brown eyebrows ...
Anton Chekhov. something of the Elizabethan in his calm assumption of power, in his elegance and the nervous quickness of his movements. His thick brown hair is brushed straight back from a clear forehead. He has thick brown eyebrows ...
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Anton Chekhov. from Manchuria, and they were a little surprised that Chekhov was being buried with full military honors. When the confusion was straightened out, a sad little procession of about a hundred people accompanied Chekhov's ...
Anton Chekhov. from Manchuria, and they were a little surprised that Chekhov was being buried with full military honors. When the confusion was straightened out, a sad little procession of about a hundred people accompanied Chekhov's ...
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Anton Chekhov. II Chekhov was born on January 16, 1860, a year before the freeing of the serfs. He was the son of a ... Chekhov's father was a heavy-set, deeply religious man, with a talent for painting icons and violin playing, who made ...
Anton Chekhov. II Chekhov was born on January 16, 1860, a year before the freeing of the serfs. He was the son of a ... Chekhov's father was a heavy-set, deeply religious man, with a talent for painting icons and violin playing, who made ...
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