Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Author
Pub. Date
[1960]
Language
English
Description
"One of the world's great masters of the short story, Anton Chekhov wrote about everyday life as he saw it - with humor, insight, and honesty. In this lies his genius: he portrayed the Russian people as they really were, not as he wanted them to be. This Signet Classic presents 20 Chekhov stories, including 12 of his early tales which make their first appearance in English in this paperback collection."--Book cover
3) Plays
Author
Series
Penguin classics ; L96
Language
English
Description
At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the lives, loves and yearnings of ordinary people. This collection of plays shows his subtle blend of comedy, tragedy and psychological insight.--
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"This volume presents forty-two of Chekhov's later short stories, written between 1888 and 1903, in acclaimed translations by Constance Garnett and chosen by Shelby Foote. Among the most outstanding are "A Dreary Story," a dispassionate tale that reflects Chekhov's doubts about his role as an artist. Thomas Mann deemed it "a truly extraordinary, fascinating story ... unlike anything else in world literature." "The Darling," a delightful work highly...
6) Kashtanka
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Separated from her master while out on a walk, Kashtanka the dog is adopted by a circus clown.
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"This collection, selected by Shelby Foote, presents seventy of Chekhov's early short stories, written between 1883 and 1888, in celebrated translations by Constance Garnett. One of the most memorable is "The Death of a Government Clerk," a glorious parody in which a fawning official is undone by an ill-timed sneeze. "On the Road," the history of an educated man's search for convictions, is one of Chekhov's finest dramatic stories and the source of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Language
English
Description
A day in the country.--Old age.--Kashtanka.--Enemies.--On the way.--Vanka.--La cigale.--Grief.--An inadvertence.--The black monk.--The kiss.--In exile.--A work of art.--Dreams.--A woman's kingdom.--The doctor.--A trifling occurrence.--The hollow.--After the theatre.--The runaway.--Vierochka.--The steppe.--Rothschild's fiddle.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"After their father's death, Olga, Masha, and Irina find life in their small Russian town stifling and hopeless. They long to return to Moscow, the bustling metropolis they left eleven years ago, but their brother Andrei's gambling habits have trapped them in their small provincial lives. A masterful new translation of Chekhov's exploration of yearning and disillusionment"--
19) The major plays
Author
Series
Signet classic ; CP 231
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[1964]
Language
English