Short Fiction
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Short Fiction

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Short Fiction

About this book

Anton Chekhov is widely considered to be one of the greatest short story writers in history. A physician by day, he's famously quoted as saying, "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress." Chekhov wrote nearly 300 short stories in his long writing career.

His stories are famous for their ambiguous morality and often inconclusive nature. Chekhov was a firm believer that the role of the artist was to correctly pose a question, but not necessarily to answer it.

This collection contains all of his short stories and two novellas, translated by Constance Garnett, arranged by date of original publication.

Perfect for readers who appreciate masterful storytelling and profound insights into the human condition, this collection showcases why Chekhov remains unmatched in the art of short fiction.

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Information

Publisher
Waking Lion Press
Year
2026
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781434107121
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. A Living Chattel
  4. Joy
  5. At the Barber’s
  6. An Enigmatic Nature
  7. A Classical Student
  8. The Death of a Government Clerk
  9. A Daughter of Albion
  10. The Trousseau
  11. An Inquiry
  12. Fat and Thin
  13. A Tragic Actor
  14. A Slander
  15. The Bird Market
  16. Choristers
  17. The Album
  18. Minds in Ferment
  19. A Chameleon
  20. In the Graveyard
  21. Oysters
  22. The Swedish Match
  23. The Marshal’s Widow
  24. Small Fry
  25. In an Hotel
  26. Boots
  27. Nerves
  28. A Country Cottage
  29. Malingerers
  30. The Fish
  31. Gone Astray
  32. The Huntsman
  33. A Malefactor
  34. A Dead Body
  35. The Cook’s Wedding
  36. In a Strange Land
  37. Overdoing It
  38. Old Age
  39. Sorrow
  40. Oh! The Public
  41. Mari d’Elle
  42. The Looking-Glass
  43. Art
  44. A Blunder
  45. Children
  46. Misery
  47. An Actor’s End
  48. The Requiem
  49. Anyuta
  50. Ivan Matveyitch
  51. The Witch
  52. A Story Without an End
  53. A Joke
  54. Agafya
  55. A Nightmare
  56. Grisha
  57. Love
  58. Easter Eve
  59. Ladies
  60. Strong Impressions
  61. A Gentleman Friend
  62. A Happy Man
  63. The Privy Councillor
  64. A Day in the Country
  65. At a Summer Villa
  66. Panic Fears
  67. The Chemist’s Wife
  68. Not Wanted
  69. The Chorus Girl
  70. The Schoolmaster
  71. A Troublesome Visitor
  72. A Misfortune
  73. A Pink Stocking
  74. Martyrs
  75. The First-Class Passenger
  76. Talent
  77. The Dependents
  78. The Jeune Premier
  79. In the Dark
  80. A Trivial Incident
  81. A Tripping Tongue
  82. A Trifle from Life
  83. Difficult People
  84. In the Court
  85. A Peculiar Man
  86. Mire
  87. Dreams
  88. Hush!
  89. Excellent People
  90. An Incident
  91. The Orator
  92. A Work of Art
  93. Who Was to Blame?
  94. On the Road
  95. Vanka
  96. Champagne
  97. Frost
  98. The Beggar
  99. Enemies
  100. Darkness
  101. Polinka
  102. Drunk
  103. An Inadvertence
  104. Verotchka
  105. Shrove Tuesday
  106. A Defenceless Creature
  107. A Bad Business
  108. Home
  109. The Lottery Ticket
  110. Too Early!
  111. Typhus
  112. In Passion Week
  113. A Mystery
  114. The Cossack
  115. The Letter
  116. An Adventure
  117. The Examining Magistrate
  118. Aborigines
  119. Happiness
  120. Bad Weather
  121. A Play
  122. A Transgression
  123. From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man
  124. Uprooted
  125. A Father
  126. A Happy Ending
  127. In the Coach-House
  128. Zinotchka
  129. The Doctor
  130. The Pipe
  131. An Avenger
  132. The Post
  133. The Runaway
  134. A Problem
  135. The Old House
  136. The Cattle-Dealers
  137. Expensive Lessons
  138. The Lion and the Sun
  139. In Trouble
  140. The Kiss
  141. Boys
  142. Kashtanka
  143. A Lady’s Story
  144. A Story Without a Title
  145. Sleepy
  146. The Steppe
  147. Lights
  148. The Beauties
  149. The Party
  150. The Shoemaker and the Devil
  151. The Bet
  152. The Princess
  153. A Dreary Story
  154. The Teacher of Literature
  155. A Nervous Breakdown
  156. The Horse-Stealers
  157. Gusev
  158. Peasant Wives
  159. The Wife
  160. The Grasshopper
  161. After the Theatre
  162. In Exile
  163. Terror
  164. Neighbours
  165. Ward No. 6
  166. The Two Volodyas
  167. Rothschild’s Fiddle
  168. The Student
  169. At a Country House
  170. The Head-Gardener’s Story
  171. A Woman’s Kingdom
  172. Anna on the Neck
  173. Whitebrow
  174. Ariadne
  175. The Helpmate
  176. The Murder
  177. Three Years
  178. An Artist’s Story
  179. My Life
  180. Peasants
  181. The Petchenyeg
  182. At Home
  183. The Schoolmistress
  184. The Man in a Case
  185. Gooseberries
  186. About Love
  187. The Darling
  188. The New Villa
  189. On Official Duty
  190. The Lady with the Dog
  191. At Christmas Time
  192. In the Ravine
  193. The Bishop
  194. Betrothed
  195. Endnotes

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