Selected Short Stories

Name: Selected Short Stories
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SKU: 9781853994067
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By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Series: Russian Texts

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Selected Short Stories showcases Anton Chekhov's mastery of the Russian short story, featuring twelve classic tales from 1883 to 1896. The collection includes a range of stories from light-hearted pieces like Fat Man and Thin Man to more mature and sophisticated narratives such as The House with the Mezzanine. This volume, edited by Birkett and Struve, is presented in Russian with a new bibliography and complements Chekhov's other works in the BCP Russian Texts series.
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This collection is ideal for students and scholars of Russian literature, as well as readers interested in classic short stories by one of the genre's foremost authors. Familiarity with Russian is necessary to fully appreciate this edition.

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Anton Chekhov has long been regarded as the master of the Russian short story and one of the leading exponents of the genre in world literature. This volume comprises the classic selection edited by Birkett and Struve, in Russian, here furnished with a new bibliography, and complements the stories and plays by Chekhov already available in the BCP Russian Texts series.

The twelve stories, which date from 1883 to 1896, range from miniatures of comic levity such as Tolsttyi i tonkii to stories of sophisticated maturity such as Dom s mezoninom.

The stories included are as follows (titles given in English translation): Fat Man and Thin Man; The Boys; A Test for Rank; A Failure; A Little Joke; The Blank Catch; The Beauties; The Student; At Yuletide; An Incident in Practice; Anna Round the Neck; The House with the Mezzanine.

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Selected Short Stories

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781853994067

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 March 1998

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bristol Classical Press

Edition: New edition

Illustration: black & white illustrations

Contributors:

Volume editor G.A. Birkett
Volume editor Gleb Struve

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 281g

Pages: 238

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Russian Texts

About the Author

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian physician, dramatist and author, is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short stories and modern drama. Born in Taganrog, a port town near the Black Sea, he attended medical school at Moscow University. He began writing to supplement his income, writing short humorous sketches of contemporary Russian life. A successful literary careered followed, before his premature death of TB at the age of 44. He is best-remembered for his four dramatic masterpieces: The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1899), Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).

Selected Short Stories