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The Beauties: Essential Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781805330301)
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xA beautiful collection of 13 classic Russian short stories by "the greatest short story writer who has ever lived" (Raymond Chandler)
Without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its messy complexity, Chekhov's short stories are exquisite masterpieces in miniature. His work ranged from the light-hearted comic tales of his early years to some of the most achingly profound stories ever composed, and this variety of tone and temper is collected in this essential new collection. Chekhov wrote stories throughout his writing career, and this selection has been chosen from amongst his life's work, including many of his greatest works, alongside unfamiliar discoveries, all newly translated. From the masterpiece of minimalism "The Beauties", to the beloved classic "The Lady with the Little Dog", and from "Rothschild's Fiddle" to bitterly funny "A Living Chronicle", the stories collected here are the essential collection of Chekhov's greatest tales. CONTENTS:
The Beauties (1888)
The Man in a Box (1898)
A Day in the Country (1886)
A Blunder (1886)
About Love (1898)
Grief (1886)
The Bet (1889)
A Misfortune (1886)
Sergeant Prishibeyev (1885)
The Lady with the Little Dog (1899)
The Huntsman (1885)
The Privy Councillor (1886)
The Kiss (1887)
Author: Anton Chekhov
ISBN-10: 1805330306
ISBN-13: 9781805330301
Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d
Without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its messy complexity, Chekhov's short stories are exquisite masterpieces in miniature. His work ranged from the light-hearted comic tales of his early years to some of the most achingly profound stories ever composed, and this variety of tone and temper is collected in this essential new collection. Chekhov wrote stories throughout his writing career, and this selection has been chosen from amongst his life's work, including many of his greatest works, alongside unfamiliar discoveries, all newly translated. From the masterpiece of minimalism "The Beauties", to the beloved classic "The Lady with the Little Dog", and from "Rothschild's Fiddle" to bitterly funny "A Living Chronicle", the stories collected here are the essential collection of Chekhov's greatest tales. CONTENTS:
The Beauties (1888)
The Man in a Box (1898)
A Day in the Country (1886)
A Blunder (1886)
About Love (1898)
Grief (1886)
The Bet (1889)
A Misfortune (1886)
Sergeant Prishibeyev (1885)
The Lady with the Little Dog (1899)
The Huntsman (1885)
The Privy Councillor (1886)
The Kiss (1887)
Author: Anton Chekhov
ISBN-10: 1805330306
ISBN-13: 9781805330301
Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d
By Anton Chekhov
xAnton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born in Taganrog, Russia, the son of a grocer. While training as a physician he supported his family with his freelance writing, composing hundreds of short comic pieces under a pen name for local magazines. He went on to write major works of drama, including The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard, but continued to write prize-winning short stories up until his death from tuberculosis at the age of 44. Nicolas Pasternak Slater, a bilingual nephew of Boris Pasternak, is a retired haemotologist. Published translations include Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, Tolstoy's short stories, and, for Pushkin Press, stories by Ivan Turgenev and Anton Chekhov.
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