The Greatest Short Stories of Anton Chekhov: A Collection Of Fifty Stories. This item is unavailable.The Greatest Short Stories of Anton Chekhov: A Collection Of Fifty Stories

Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape. One of the greatest Russian short story writers and an exemplary playwright, Anton Chekhov penned down some of the finest short stories and plays in literature. His works continue to be translated into various languages across the world. This edition brings together his early short stories along with the outstanding short fiction written in his later years. It includes The Death of a Government Clerk, The Huntsman, Oh! The Public, Anyuta, Misery, The Lottery Ticket, A Dreary Story, Peasant Wives, The Lady with the Dog, and his last completed story, Betrothed. An editorial note precedes each work.

Believed to be one of the greatest short story writers in the history of literature, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) came from humble beginnings but rose in popularity as a playwright and short story writer. He wrote humorous sketches and vignettes of contemporary Russian life under a pseudonym. His freelance journalism and comic writings made him immensely popular in the Russian public and literary circles by 1888. In 1887, The Lottery Ticket, one of Chekhovs most well-known short stories, was published. Russian drama saw its high point when Chekhovs plays came out. He wrote fourteen plays, of which four were critically acclaimedThe Seagull (written in 1895), Uncle Vanya (written in 1897), The Three Sisters (written in 1900), and The Cherry Orchard (written in 1903). His stories that created a stir in Russia include Peasants (1897), The Black Monk (1894), An Anonymous Story (1893), The Student (1894), Gooseberries (1898), and About Love (1898), among others. His works have been adapted for screen and continue to be read and celebrated even today.