Ward Number Six and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Chekhov, Anton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199553890 ISBN 13: 9780199553891

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

Writing towards the close of the nineteenth century, Chekhov - himself a country doctor - recorded in his fiction the symptoms of a diseased society. The seven stories collected here are a bleakly savage indictment of a society paralysed by spiritual malaise, and morbidly conscious of evils which can neither be killed nor cured.

This volume also contains an Introduction by Ronald Hingley.
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Synopsis:

Writing towards the close of the nineteenth century, Chekhov - himself a country doctor - recorded in his fiction the symptoms of a diseased society. The seven stories collected here are a bleakly savage indictment of a society paralysed by spiritual malaise, and morbidly conscious of evils which can neither be killed nor cured. This volume also contains an Introduction by Ronald Hingley.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199553890
• ISBN 13: 9780199553891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272