Five Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories) - Softcover

Anton Chekhov

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486264637 ISBN 13: 9780486264639

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1990

Synopsis

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904), a Russian physician, short-story writer, and playwright, wrote hundreds of stories that delved beneath the surface of Russian society, exposing the hidden motives of his characters and the ways in which prevailing social forces influenced their lives. This collection contains five of his most highly regarded stories, all from his maturity, and set in a variety of Tsarist Russian milieux.
Included are "The Black Monk" (1894), "The House with the Mezzanine" (1896), "The Peasants" (1897), "Gooseberries" (1898), and "The Lady with the Toy Dog" (1899). In these incisive tales, readers will discover a master of character, nuance, and setting developing the basic themes of his oeuvre: the sociological and psychological obstacles in the way of human affection and satisfactory development of the personality.

About this title

About the Author:

Next to Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) is the most popular playwright in the English-speaking world. The Russian physician also wrote a series of remarkable short stories, in which he pioneered the stream-of-consciousness narrative technique.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0486264637
• ISBN 13: 9780486264639
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96