Now here’s a writer that need no presentation. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the great Russian dramatist, was also a very top-level short story writer. We will let Chekov speak for himself about the perils of marriage and other dramas…My wife, Natalya Gavrilovna, lived on the lower storey, all the rooms of which she occupied. She slept, had her meals, and received her visitors downstairs in her own rooms, and took not the slightest interest in how I dined, or slept, or whom I saw. Our r...

A phenomenal collection of short stories by Russian author and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, expertly translated by Constance Garnett. The stories include:The Darling, Ariadne, Polinka, Anyuta, The Two Volodyas, The Trousseau, The Helpmate, Talent, An Artist's Story, and Three Years.

The Serapis Classics edition of "The Anton Chekov Omnibus" contains over 150 stories penned by the Russian master! A few months before he died, Chekhov told the writer Ivan Bunin that he thought people might go on reading his writings for seven years. "Why seven?" asked Bunin. "Well, seven and a half," Chekhov replied. "That's not bad. I've got six years to live."

In 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. Those stories are contained here. Anton Chekov must be considered one of the greatest writers, and greatets short story writer, of all time.

In the waning weeks of his life, a renowned bishop reflects on his past and his priorities. Written during the period when Anton Chekhov was gravely ill with tuberculosis, "The Bishop" reflects the author's feelings about his own imminent death, and is considered one of his finest works.

The House With The Mezzanine is the story of a somewhat diffident young man, a painter, and his somewhat tenuous romance with two sisters during a vacation; the story is laden with the impressionistic images conjured up by its narrator and is one of Chekhov's finest short stories...

Seven fantastic short stories from the master of the short story, Anton Chekov. His brilliance on full display in each of these masterful tales, students and literature fiends can wallow in the masterful prose of one of the world's greats.Contents include: The bishop.--The letter.--Easter eve.--A nightmare.--The murder.--Uprooted.--The steppe.

At the end of our days our bodies will usually either be cremated and placed in urns or laid out in long rectangular boxes of various materials and prices before being borne to eternal rest. In the case of the latter, our classic authors have made the coffin a feature of many stories. Here, in this volume, talents such as Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Alexander Pushkin and others write beautifully on the lives affected by this most macabre of props.1 - The Coffin - A Short Story Col...

The Darling by Anton P. Chekhov is a deeply moving and psychologically rich short story that captures the emotional world of a woman who loves with complete devotion—yet loses herself in the process. Written with Chekhov’s signature subtlety and compassion, the story explores themes of identity, affection, dependence, and the quiet tragedies hidden within everyday life.The narrative follows Olenka, a gentle and tender-hearted woman whose happiness revolves entirely...

The Seagull is the first of four major plays by Russia’s greatest playwright. A master of subtext and indirect action, Anton Chekhov explores the role of the artist in life and love through the relationships of four major characters. Young playwright Treplev struggles to find success in the shadow of his mother, the renowned actress Arkadina. Her lover Trigorin, a famous writer, is tempted by the beautiful young Nina, an aspiring actress that has her eye on Treplev. Multiple love triangles...

The Sea-Gull is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Tréplev.

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his writing, revising and developing his own p...