The Portable Chekhov (Portable Library) - Softcover

Chekhov, Anton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140150358 ISBN 13: 9780140150353

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 1977

Synopsis

Anton Chekhov remarked toward the close of his life that people would stop reading him a year after his death. But his literary stature and popularity have grown steadily with the years, and he is accounted the single most important influence on the development of the modern short story.
 
Edited and with an introduction by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, The Portable Chekhov presents twenty-eight of Chekhov’s best stories, chosen as particularly representative of his many-sided portrayal of the human comedy―including “The Kiss,” “The Darling,” and “In the Ravine”―as well as two complete plays; The Boor, an example of Chekhov’s earlier dramatic work, and The Cherry Orchard, his last and finest play. In addition, this volume includes a selection of letters, candidly revealing of Chekhov’s impassioned convictions on life and art, his high aspirations, his marriage, and his omnipresent compassion.

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About the Author

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). Chekhov's works available in Penguin Classics are The Steppe and Other Stories, Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, The Shooting Party, Plays and A Life in Letters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140150358
• ISBN 13: 9780140150353
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Yarmolinsky Avrahm