
- 225 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Experience life and hardships in turn-of-the-century Russia with this collection of provocative stories by one of the greatest writers of all time.
Anton Chekhov captures life in late-nineteenth-century Russia with these evocative tales. For example, in "The Schoolmistress, " a hard-working, underpaid schoolteacher contemplates dating a man she knows is terrible for her. In "A Nervous Breakdown, " an idealistic young law student cannot handle what he witnesses after a night in Moscow's red light district.
The author of such plays as The Cherry Orchard and Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov was also a prolific writer of short stories. His style, as present in this collection, will remind readers of other great nineteenth-century authors such as Guy de Maupassant.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- THE SCHOOLMISTRESS
- A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
- MISERY
- CHAMPAGNE
- AFTER THE THEATRE
- A LADY’S STORY
- IN EXILE
- THE CATTLE-DEALERS
- SORROW
- ON OFFICIAL DUTY
- THE FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER
- A TRAGIC ACTOR
- A TRANSGRESSION
- SMALL FRY
- THE REQUIEM
- IN THE COACH-HOUSE
- PANIC FEARS
- THE BET
- THE HEAD-GARDENER’S STORY
- THE BEAUTIES
- THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL
- Copyright