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The Short Fiction of Anton Chekhov

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1,991

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This collection gathers the short fiction of Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer who did more than anyone to shape the modern short story. In these tales, translated by Constance Garnett, Chekhov turns his calm, unsparing gaze on peasants and landowners, doctors and clerks, lovers and lonely people, finding in the small events of ordinary life the whole weight of human hope and disappointment. He offers no easy morals and no tidy endings, only moments seen so clearly and with such compassion that they stay with the reader. The stories range from the broadly comic to the quietly devastating. This free PDF and EPUB presents a wide selection of his shorter work.

Contents

  1. A Living Chattel
  2. Joy
  3. At the Barber’s
  4. An Enigmatic Nature
  5. A Classical Student
  6. The Death of a Government Clerk
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About the author

Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer. Widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time, his career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.

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Pages
1,991
Language
English
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