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If 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 prese... [Read More]
Anton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels–here brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.The Steppe—the most lyrical of the five—is an account o... [Read More]
Fifty-two stories spanning Chekhov’s career.Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories contains a wide spectrum of classics and new favorites, including “Ward No. 6,” “The Lady with the Little Dog,” “Anna on the Neck,” “The Name-Day Party,” “The Kiss,” An Incident at Law,” and “Elements Most Often Found in Novels, Short Stories, E... [Read More]
The thirty-four stories in this volume span Chekhov’s creative career. They present a wide spectrum of comic and serious themes and a variety of techniques. (His short novels, available in another Norton volume, Seven Short Novels by Chekhov, have been omitted.) Two of the stories have been translated for this edition by Professor Matlaw; the oth... [Read More]
This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Katherine Mansfield, Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, V... [Read More]
- Including a short biographies of authors This outstanding collection features short stories by a variety of great authors. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Henri Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Jack London, Henri Ringgold Wilmer Lardner, Oscar... [Read More]
The Restless Classics edition of Chekhov: Stories for Our Time presents a must-have collection by the great Russian author who captured humanity in all its complexity, and reintroduces Chekhov as a playful, deeply human, and thoroughly modern writer. The great 19th-century Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov wrote nearly one thousand storie... [Read More]
Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, including The Seagull—now a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan, Elizabeth Moss, and Annette BeningAt a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the everyday lives, loves... [Read More]
Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov "the greatest short story writer who has ever lived." This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the... [Read More]
- Including short biographies of authors This outstanding collection features short stories by a variety of great authors. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Henri Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Stephen Crane, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, O. Henry, Edgar Alphonse Daudet, Samuel La... [Read More]
A collection contains the title novella, a minutely-observed look at life in a village through the eyes of one family, as well as eleven short stories, including a wry look at morals and manners in The Chorus Girl, and a melancholic tale of a cab driver in Misery. Read by Kenneth Branagh.
Ten of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. A great compilation of tales for all tastes with the great geniuses of literature in his most acclaimed works. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: Nikolai GogolThe Nose The Viy The Cloak ... [Read More]
An enchanting collection of tales which showcase Anton Chekhov at the height of his power as a writerIn the final years of his life, Chekhov produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces, and some of the most highly-regarded works in Russian literature. The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature ... [Read More]
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a master of the modern short story. He was a literary artist of laconic precision who probed below the surface of life, laying bare the secret motives of his characters. Chekhov's best plays and short stories lack complex plots and neat solutions. Concentrating on apparent trivialities, they create a special kind of atmo... [Read More]
- Including a short biographies of authors This outstanding collection features short stories by a variety of great authors. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include HERMAN MELVILLE, F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, HENRY JAMES, MARK TWAIN, E. M. FORSTER, ANTON CHEKHOV, JOSEPH CONRAD, D. H. LAWRENCE, AMBROSE BIERCE.
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