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Selected Stories

Selected Stories - Wordsworth Classics

Paperback (05 Mar 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

With an Introduction and Notes by Joe Andrew, Professor of Russian Literature, Keele University.

Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. He constructs stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which leave much to the reader's imagination.

This collection contains some of the most important of his earliest and shortest comic sketches, as well as examples of his great, mature works. Throughout, the doctor-turned-writer displays compassion for human suffering and misfortune, but is always able to see the comical, even farcical aspects of the human condition.

Chekhov sees and depicts life with unwavering honesty and truthfulness, although a clear moral sense can be detected beneath his apparent objectivity.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781853262883
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions
Pub date:
DEWEY: 891.733
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 188
Weight: 156g
Height: 204mm
Width: 144mm
Spine width: 12mm