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A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Travel | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
Overwhelmed by what he felt was the worthlessness of his great success as a writer, Chekhov (1860-1904) decided to leave everything behind him and go to the far reaches of Siberia - to the terrible Russian penal colony on Sakhalin Island. This book mixes his witty, charming letters back to friends on hi ...Show more
Chekhov : A Life in Letters by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, Chekhov wrote over 4,500 letters to a range of correspondents, including family and friends, his publisher and fellow writers - not to mention actresses. These letters tell the story of Chekhov's life as a man and ...Show more
Short Stories by A. P. Chekhov
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Norton Critical Editions
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 other translations, by Constan ...Show more
The Cherry Orchard by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Reference | Series: Drama Classics S.
Hear what I have to say about the cherry orchard, because it is mine. I say bring it down, tear it down. Smash it down and tear it down. Watch, watch. Just you watch. I will build holiday villas, as far as the eye can see. I will build a place for everyone to come and enjoy. For the future. And this wil ...Show more
The Complete Short Novels by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Classic Fiction
For the centenary of Chekhov's death, a new translation of his short novels - brought together in one volume for the first time. Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, never wrote a full-length novel, but he wrote five works long enough to be called short novels. The Steppe - p ...Show more
The Shooting Party by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Anton Chekhov's only full-length novel, this "Penguin Classics" edition of "The Shooting Party" is translated and edited by Ronald Wilks, with an introduction by John Sutherland. "The Shooting Party" centres on Olga, the pretty young daughter of a drunken forester on a country estate, and her fateful re ...Show more
The Steppe & Other Stories 1887-1891 by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Classic | Series: Classics Ser.
"The Steppe and Other Stories 1887-91" is a collection that reveals Anton Chekhov's evolution from a novice writer to a master of short narrative form. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated by Ronald Wilks with an introduction by Donald Rayfield. This collection of Chekhov's finest early writing ...Show more
Three Sisters by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Fiction | Series: Drama Classics S.
Three Sisters, set in a rural backwater of Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, is a play about dreams, hope, work and love. The sisters of the title dream of returning to Moscow, where their lives, they are certain, will be happier; in the meantime, the eldest and youngest, Olga and Irina, seek ...Show more
Uncle Vanya by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Fiction | Series: Student Editions
Set on a remote farm in the Ukraine, "Uncle Vanya" is the story of two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster. This is a comprehensively annotated edition for students of Chekhov's first masterpiece, in the definitive translation by award-winning playwright Michae ...Show more
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