The complete short novels / Anton Chekhov ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ; with an introduction by Richard Pevear

By:

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Series: Everyman's Library ; 277 | Everyman's library ; 277Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004Description: xli, 548 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781857152777
9781857152777
1857152778
9781857152777

Uniform titles:

Short stories. Selections. English

Contained works:

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Stepʹ. English
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Duėlʹ. English
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Rasskaz neizvestnogo cheloveka. English
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Tri goda. English
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Moi︠a︡ zhiznʹ. English

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DDC classification:

891.733 CHE 2004 22

LOC classification:

PG3456.A13 P48 2004

Contents:

The steppe -- The duel -- The story of an unknown man -- Three years -- My life

Summary: "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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"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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