The Collected Novellas & Short Stories of Anton Chekhov (200+ Titles in Multiple Translations). Anton Chekhov

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ARIADNE

       THE HELPMATE

       THE MURDER

       THREE YEARS: A Novella

       AN ARTIST’S STORY or, The House with the Mezzanine [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       THE HOUSE WITH THE MEZZANINE [trans. by S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan]

       MY LIFE, The Story of A Provincial: A Novella [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       MY LIFE, The Story of A Provincial: A Novella trans. by S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan]

       THE MUZHIKS [trans. by Robert Crozier Long]

       PEASANTS [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       THE PETCHENEG [trans. By Marian Fell)

       THE PETCHENYEG [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       AT HOME

       THE SCHOOLMISTRESS

       IONITCH [trans. by Marian Fell]

       IONITCH [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       THE MAN IN A CASE

       GOOSEBERRIES [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       GOOSEBERRIES [trans. by S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan]

       ABOUT LOVE

       A DOCTOR’S VISIT

       THE DARLING [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       THE DARLING [trans. by Thomas Seltzer]

       THE NEW VILLA

       ON OFFICIAL DUTY

       THE LADY WITH THE DOG [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       THE LADY WITH THE TOY DOG [trans. by S. S Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan]

       AT CHRISTMAS TIME [trans. by Marian Fell]

       AT CHRISTMAS TIME [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       IN THE RAVINE

       THE BISHOP [trans. by Marian Fell]

       THE BISHOP [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       BETROTHED

       A LIVING CALENDAR [trans. by John Middleton Murry]

       A LIVING CALENDAR [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       WOE [trans. by Robert Crozier Long]

       GRIEF [trans. by Constance Garnett]

       THAT WRETCHED BOY [trans. by John Middleton Murry]

       A NAUGHTY BOY [trans. by Marian Fell]

       A JOURNEY BY CART [trans. by Marian Fell]

       ON TRIAL [trans. by Robert Crozier Long]

       THE FIT [trans. by John Middleton Murry]

       OUT OF SORTS [trans. by Marian Fell]

       OVERWHELMING SENSATIONS [trans. by John Middleton Murry]

       THE MASS FOR THE DEAD [trans. by Robert Crozier Long]

       THE TUTOR [trans. by Marian Fell]

      Introduction:

       Table of Contents

      Biography by Constance Garnett

       Table of Contents

      In 1841 a serf belonging to a Russian nobleman purchased his freedom and the freedom of his family for 3,500 roubles, being at the rate of 700 roubles a soul, with one daughter, Alexandra, thrown in for nothing. The grandson of this serf was Anton Chekhov, the author; the son of the nobleman was Tchertkov, the Tolstoyan and friend of Tolstoy.

      There is in this nothing striking to a Russian, but to the English student it is sufficiently significant for several reasons. It illustrates how recent a growth was the educated middle-class in pre-revolutionary Russia, and it shows, what is perhaps more significant, the homogeneity of the Russian people, and their capacity for completely changing their whole way of life.

      Chekhov’s father started life as a slave, but the son of this slave was even more sensitive to the Arts, more innately civilized and in love with the things


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