The Fiancee And Other Stories: The Fiancee; On Official Business; Rothschild's Fiddle; Peasant Women; Three Years; with Friends; the Bet; New Villa; ... Beauties; His Wife; the Student (Classics) - Softcover

Chekhov, Anton; Wilks, Ronald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014044470X ISBN 13: 9780140444704

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1986

Synopsis

The diversity of stories in this collection is great, their psychological depth and philosophical richness even greater. Chekhov (1860-1904) composed most of the stories in the 1890s, although 'The Fiancee, ' written at the same time as his dramatic masterpiece, "The Cherry Orchard, " was not completed until 1903; 'The Fiancee' represents a turning point in Chekhov's career, with the high note of optimism and with its heroine, Nadya, 'a positive woman of action, ' who ultimately rejects philistine materialism for a life of hard work and self-denial.

About this title

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.

Synopsis:

Twelve stories deal with a young woman who decides to break with her smug fiance, a suicide inquest, a woman who murders her husband, a greedy merchant, a declining family of landowners, and a tactless host.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 014044470X
• ISBN 13: 9780140444704
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240