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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... didn't she? Now beat her! It will do her a lot of good! You don't want to? Well, it won't help you! Karpushka, call for Matvey!” The boy spat on the ground, hawked, grabbed his sweetheart's hair in his fist, and began to give wickedness ...
... didn't she? Now beat her! It will do her a lot of good! You don't want to? Well, it won't help you! Karpushka, call for Matvey!” The boy spat on the ground, hawked, grabbed his sweetheart's hair in his fist, and began to give wickedness ...
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... didn't you wake me, you fool? What a scoundrel you are! Why didn't you wake me? Excuse me, gentlemen, I never ... I only want to teach him a lesson! Why didn't he wake me? Don't you want your brother to come with you? Would I be in the ...
... didn't you wake me, you fool? What a scoundrel you are! Why didn't you wake me? Excuse me, gentlemen, I never ... I only want to teach him a lesson! Why didn't he wake me? Don't you want your brother to come with you? Would I be in the ...
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... didn't want to do! Let go, Yegor Yegorich! I'm going home to get some sleep!” “No, you've got to come with us,” Yegor Yegorich said, not letting go of the coat. “You gave me your word you would come!” “That's right. I gave you my word ...
... didn't want to do! Let go, Yegor Yegorich! I'm going home to get some sleep!” “No, you've got to come with us,” Yegor Yegorich said, not letting go of the coat. “You gave me your word you would come!” “That's right. I gave you my word ...
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... didn't finish your drink, Your Excellency? Well, well, that's fine!” So they drank a fourth round. The doctor drank his ninth, quacked loudly, and then he too vanished into the forest. He found a dark shady spot, lay down on the grass ...
... didn't finish your drink, Your Excellency? Well, well, that's fine!” So they drank a fourth round. The doctor drank his ninth, quacked loudly, and then he too vanished into the forest. He found a dark shady spot, lay down on the grass ...
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