The complete short novels /
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
The complete short novels / Anton Chekhov ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ; with an introduction by Richard Pevear - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004 - xli, 548 pages ; 22 cm - Everyman's Library ; 277 . - Everyman's library ; 277 .
"A new translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky"--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiv-xxv)
The steppe -- The duel -- The story of an unknown man -- Three years -- My life
"The Steppe is an account of a nine-year-old boy's frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia. The Duel sets two decadent figures--a fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibility--on a collision course that ends in a series of surprising reversals. In The Story of an Unknown Man, a political radical spying on an important official by serving as valet to his son gradually discovers his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. Three Years recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant. In My Life, a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labor. The resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in a brief apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhov's work."--Page 2 of cover
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2003064595
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 --Translations into English
Short stories, Russian
Political fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Novellas.
Novels.
PG3456.A13 / P48 2004
891.733 CHE 2004
The complete short novels / Anton Chekhov ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ; with an introduction by Richard Pevear - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004 - xli, 548 pages ; 22 cm - Everyman's Library ; 277 . - Everyman's library ; 277 .
"A new translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky"--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiv-xxv)
The steppe -- The duel -- The story of an unknown man -- Three years -- My life
"The Steppe is an account of a nine-year-old boy's frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia. The Duel sets two decadent figures--a fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibility--on a collision course that ends in a series of surprising reversals. In The Story of an Unknown Man, a political radical spying on an important official by serving as valet to his son gradually discovers his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. Three Years recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant. In My Life, a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labor. The resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in a brief apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhov's work."--Page 2 of cover
9781857152777 9781857152777 1857152778 9781857152777
2003064595
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 --Translations into English
Short stories, Russian
Political fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Novellas.
Novels.
PG3456.A13 / P48 2004
891.733 CHE 2004