Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

A revival of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece of imprisonment in wealth and regret.

A collection of the nineteenth century Russian author's short stories which reflect his development as a writer.

"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 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...

The English-language debut of Anton Chekhov's first collection of mystery and suspense tales. Considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Anton Chekhov actually began his literary career as a crime and mystery writer. Scattered throughout periodicals and literary journals from 1880-1890, Peter Sekirin brings together these psychological suspense stories in a premier collection that provides a fresh look into Chekhov's literary heritage...

Forty humorous stories by a 19th century Russian writer. They range from The Exclamation Mark, on a civil servant obsessed with exclamation marks, to He Quarreled with His Wife, on a husband who mistakes his dog for his wife.