Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
"The Party and Other Stories" is the fourth volume of the Tales of Chekhov series by Russian author Anton Chekhov. A collection of short stories including: The Party; Terror; A Woman's Kingdom; A Problem; The Kiss; 'Anna On The Neck'; The Teacher Of Literature; Not Wanted; Typhus; A Misfortune; and, A Trifle From Life."
A hospital assistant, called Yergunov, an empty-headed fellow, known throughout the district as a great braggart and drunkard, was returning one evening in Christmas week from the hamlet of Ryepino, where he had been to make some purchases for the hospital. That he might get home in good time and not be late, the doctor had lent him his very best horse. At first it had been a still day, but at eight o'clock a violent snow-storm came on, and
...43) The Kiss
An awkward young soldier is kissed in error by a young woman at a house party, and his whole outlook on life changes.
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56) Three sisters
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the...