Selected Stories

Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. He constructs stories where action and drarna are irnplied rather than described openly, and which leave much to the reader's imagination.
This collection contains sorne of the most important of his earliest and shortest cornic sketches, as well as examples of his great, mature works.
Throughout, the doctor-turned-writer displays cornpassion for human suffering and misfortune, but is always able to see the comical, even farcical aspects of the hunlan 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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This collection contains some of his earliest and briefest comic sketches and some of Chekhov's more elaborate yet equally subtle pieces. The stories are written with a view of life that, though tragic, is tempered by his delight in the farcical situation and the incongruities of human behaviour.

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Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

Overseasoned
The Night before Easter
　At Home
　Champagne
　The Malefactor
Murder Will Out
　The Trousseau
　The Decoration
　The Man in a Case
　Little Jack
　Dreams
The Death of an Official
　Agatha
　The Beggar
　Children
The Troublesome Guest
　Not Wanted
　The Robbers
　Lean and Fat
　On the Way
The Head Gardener"s Tale
　Hush!
　Without a Title
　In the Ravine
　Notes to the text