Selected Stories - Chekhov (Wordsworth Classics)

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

ISBN 10: 1853262889 / ISBN 13: 9781853262883

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selected Stories - Chekhov (Wordsworth Classics)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853262889
• ISBN 13: 9781853262883
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

With an Introduction and Notes by Joe Andrew, Professor of Russian Literature, Keele University.

Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. He constructs stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which leave much to the reader's imagination.

This collection contains some of the most important of his earliest and shortest comic sketches, as well as examples of his great, mature works. Throughout, the doctor-turned-writer displays compassion for human suffering and misfortune, but is always able to see the comical, even farcical aspects of the human condition.

Chekhov sees and depicts life with unwavering honesty and truthfulness, although a clear moral sense can be detected beneath his apparent objectivity.

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With an Introduction and Notes by Joe Andrew, Professor of Russian Literature, Keele University