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Told in two parts, Anton Chekhov's "At Christmas Time" begins with an illiterate woman hiring a local man to write a letter wishing her daughter-from who she has heard nothing since her wedding and departure four years earlier-a merry Christmas. In the second part, the letter arrives for the daughter, whose life is not what she imagined it would be. While not a traditional story of Christmas cheer, Chekhov's "At Christmas Time" has captivated audiences...
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Nine deeply moving and exquisitely crafted tales from a master of the short story After a fortnight in Yalta, Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov has grown tired of the seaside. He is looking for a more interesting way to pass his vacation when a woman with a Pomeranian catches his eye. Gurov loathes his wife, and has spent his marriage chasing women, even though the affairs always end in disappointment. But Anna Sergeyevna will be different. For the first time...
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Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his...
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A Literary Classic by ANTON CHEKHOV.
The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by RUSSIAN author ANTON CHEKHOV is a collection of short stories first published in 1890 in RUSSIA. The title story of this collection, "The Horse-Stealers," tells of an unfortunate hospital assistant, Yergunov, whose horse is stolen by a couple of guys he met in a tavern.
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5) In An Hotel
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Madame Nashatyrin is fed up with violent behaviour and foul language emanating from abusive male guest next door. She has two grown up daughters and is concerned about their well being when complaining to the hotel-keeper. 'Either give me other apartments, or I shall leave your confounded hotel altogether! It's a sink of iniquity! Why don't you get rid of the scoundrel?' But as soon as the marital status of the scoundrel revealed she meditates and...
6) Ladies
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The importance of women and their influence can never be underestimated. This story vividly shows how in 19th century Russia women pull strings behind scenes to influence even the most principled and seemingly unbreakable of decision makers. And only Chekhov knows how to express such delicate matters in the most enjoyable and humorous way.
7) Boots
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A piano tuner called Murkin, a close-shaven man with a yellow face, with a nose stained with snuff, and cotton-wool in his ears, came out of his hotel-room into the passage. And looking at his frightened face one might have supposed that the ceiling had fallen in on him or that he had just seen a ghost in his room. 'Upon my word, Semyon!' he cried, seeing the attendant running towards him. 'What is the meaning of it? I am a rheumatic, delicate man...
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Strizhin, who normally leads a sober and regular life, comes home from a christening party where he had permitted himself to drink four glasses of vodka and a glass of wine, the taste of which suggested something midway between vinegar and castor oil. And of course spirituous liquors being like sea-water and glory: the more you imbibe of them the greater your thirst, Strizhin felt an overwhelming craving for another drink. He accidentally downed a...
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: A Nervous Breakdown A Nightmare A Peculiar Man A Pink Stocking A Play A Problem A Slander A Story Without A Title A Story Without An End A Tragic Actor
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: At A Country House At A Summer Villa At Home At The Barber's At Christmas Time Art Ariadne Anyuta Anna on the Neck An Upheaval
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: Lights Love Malingerers Mari D'elle Martyrs Minds In Ferment Mire Misery My Life Neighbours
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: A Father A Gentleman Friend A Happy Ending A Happy Man A Joke A Lady's Story A Living Chattle A Malefactor A Misfortune A Mystery
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: In The Court In The Dark In The Graveyard In The Ravine In Trouble Ionitch Ivan Matveyich Joy Kashtanka Ladies
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: The Cook's Wedding The Cossack The Darling The Death Of A Government Clerk The Dependents The Doctor The Duel The Examining Magistrate The First-class PassEnglisher The Fish
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: Too Early Typhus Uprooted Vanka Verotchka Volodya Ward No. 6 Whitebrow Who Was To Blame? Zinotchka
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: The Party The Petchenyeg The Pipe The Post The Princess The Privy Councillor The Requiem The Runaway The Schoolmaster The Schoolmistress
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Recommended winter reading... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." This...
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: The Shoemaker And The Devil The Steppe The Student The Swedish Match The Teacher Of Literature The Trousseau The Two Volodyas The Wife The Witch Three Years
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." This collection of ten of his best...
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. This collection of ten of his best short stories include: A Transgression A Trifle From Life A Tripping Tongue A Trivial Incident A Troublesome Visitor A Woman's Kingdom A Work Of Art Aborigines About Love After The Theatre
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