The Exclamation Mark (Hesperus Classics) - Softcover

Anton Chekhov

 
9781843911746: The Exclamation Mark (Hesperus Classics)

Synopsis

A civil servant stands accused of not understanding the rules of punctuation. He begins to go through the correct use of commas and semicolons before arriving at the exclamation mark, which, he realizes, in 40 years of writing, he has never used. From here he develops a bizarre and paranoid fantasy in which everyday objects transform into malevolent exclamation marks. Written when Chekhov was on the verge of becoming a literary celebrity, this is an enlightening new selection that reveals the author’s often neglected comic talents.

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About the Author

Most famous for his plays The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, Three Sisters, and Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov is one of Russia’s most highly regarded dramatists and short-story writers.

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