The Beauties : Essential Stories
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1805330306
ISBN-13
9781805330301
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Imprint
Pushkin Press Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 30th, 2023
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
200 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 12.80 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Short storiesFiction in translation
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The essential edition of the greatest stories by the Russian master of the form
A beautiful collection of 13 classic Russian short stories by the greatest short story writer who has ever lived (Raymond Chandler)
Without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its messy complexity, Chekhovs short stories are exquisite masterpieces in miniature. His work ranged from the light-hearted comic tales of his early years to some of the most achingly profound stories ever composed, and this variety of tone and temper is collected in this essential new collection.
Chekhov wrote stories throughout his writing career, and this selection has been chosen from amongst his lifes work, including many of his greatest works, alongside unfamiliar discoveries, all newly translated. From the masterpiece of minimalism The Beauties, to the beloved classic The Lady with the Little Dog, and from Rothschild''s Fiddle to bitterly funny A Living Chronicle, the stories collected here are the essential collection of Chekhovs greatest tales.
CONTENTS:
The Beauties (1888)
The Man in a Box (1898)
A Day in the Country (1886)
A Blunder (1886)
About Love (1898)
Grief (1886)
The Bet (1889)
A Misfortune (1886)
Sergeant Prishibeyev (1885)
The Lady with the Little Dog (1899)
The Huntsman (1885)
The Privy Councillor (1886)
The Kiss (1887)
Without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its messy complexity, Chekhovs short stories are exquisite masterpieces in miniature. His work ranged from the light-hearted comic tales of his early years to some of the most achingly profound stories ever composed, and this variety of tone and temper is collected in this essential new collection.
Chekhov wrote stories throughout his writing career, and this selection has been chosen from amongst his lifes work, including many of his greatest works, alongside unfamiliar discoveries, all newly translated. From the masterpiece of minimalism The Beauties, to the beloved classic The Lady with the Little Dog, and from Rothschild''s Fiddle to bitterly funny A Living Chronicle, the stories collected here are the essential collection of Chekhovs greatest tales.
CONTENTS:
The Beauties (1888)
The Man in a Box (1898)
A Day in the Country (1886)
A Blunder (1886)
About Love (1898)
Grief (1886)
The Bet (1889)
A Misfortune (1886)
Sergeant Prishibeyev (1885)
The Lady with the Little Dog (1899)
The Huntsman (1885)
The Privy Councillor (1886)
The Kiss (1887)
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