Anton Chekhov: The Collected Novellas and Short Stories in Multiple Translations (Unabridged) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Novellas and Stories of 19th-Century Russia, Multiple TranslationsBy Anton Chekhov
Length132h 14m
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Anton Chekhov: The Collected Novellas and Short Stories in Multiple Translations (Unabridged) gathers the essential prose of a writer who transformed the short story into an instrument of psychological precision and moral ambiguity. Across tales of provincial doctors, clerks, landowners, teachers, lovers, and the disappointed intelligentsia, Chekhov replaces melodrama with suggestion, irony, and open endings. The inclusion of multiple translations illuminates the tonal delicacy of his Russian—its understatement, colloquial ease, and sudden lyrical compression—while situating him within late nineteenth-century realism and the modernist fiction he helped make possible. Chekhov, trained as a physician and shaped by financial hardship, journalism, and close observation of ordinary suffering, brought to literature a diagnostic eye without doctrinaire judgment. His medical practice, travels through Russia, and famous journey to the Sakhalin penal colony deepened his concern with social constraint, illness, class, and loneliness. Yet his art resists propaganda: compassion emerges through exact detail rather than authorial sermon. This collection is indispensable for readers seeking both literary pleasure and historical depth. It is especially recommended to students of fiction, admirers of subtle characterization, and anyone interested in how the smallest human gestures can disclose an entire civilization.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length132 hrs 14 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 1, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Anton Chekhov: The Collected Novellas and Short Stories in Multiple Translations (Unabridged)
7Introduction:
8Biography by Constance Garnett
9Novellas and Short Stories:
10A LIVING CHATTEL
11BLISS [trans. by Marian Fell]
12JOY [trans. by Constance Garnett]
13AT THE BARBER’S
14AN ENIGMATIC NATURE
15A MATTER OF CLASSICS [trans. by Marian Fell]
16A CLASSICAL STUDENT [trans. by Constance Garnett]
17THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK
18A DAUGHTER OF ALBION
19THE TROUSSEAU
20AN INQUIRY
21FAT AND THIN
22A TRAGIC ACTOR
23THE SLANDERER [trans. by Herman Bernstein]
24THE SLANDERER [trans. by Herman Bernstein]
25THE BIRD MARKET
26CHORISTERS
27THE ALBUM
28MINDS IN FERMENT
29A CHAMELEON
30IN THE GRAVEYARD
31OYSTERS [trans. by Robert Crozier Long]
32OYSTERS [trans. by Constance Garnett]
33THE SWEDISH MATCH [trans. by Constance Garnett]
34THE SAFETY MATCH [trans by Julian Hawthorne]
35THE MARSHAL’S WIDOW
36SMALL FRY
37IN AN HOTEL
38BOOTS
39NERVES
40A COUNTRY COTTAGE
41MALINGERERS
42THE FISH
43A HORSEY NAME [trans. by Marian Fell]
44GONE ASTRAY
45THE HUNTSMAN
46A MALEFACTOR
47THE FATHER OF A FAMILY [trans. by Marian Fell]
48THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY [trans. by Constance Garnett]
49A DEAD BODY
50THE COOK’S WEDDING [trans. by Marian Fell]
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