The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov [Hardcover] - Edited By Robert N. Linscott

Anton Tchekhov

The Modern Library, Inc., NY

1959

448 páginas

14h 56m

ISBN-1: 0

THE MODERN LIBRARY HARDBACK EDITION (Number 50) OF "THE SHORT STORIES OF ANTON CHEKOV". INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT LINSCOTT. 448 pages / [ASIN: B0052FLZUC ] / [ASIN: B000EHIW1S ].

Anton Chekhov 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 publishing magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his writing, revising and developing his own principles and conceptions of truth, for a time coming under the influence of Leo Tolstoy. As a result of his widespread popularity, Chekhov amassed a vast collection of short stories displaying an early use of stream-of-consciousness writing, as well as his powerful ideas concerning the individual, the tedium of life, and the beauty of nature and humanity. Included in this collection are A DAY IN THE COUNTRY and ROTHSCHILD'S FIDDLE.

Supreme among the world's short-story writers, Anton Chekhov is here represented by twenty-two of his most characteristic tales. For their range and variety, for their acuteness of ob. servation and for their simple humanity, these stories reveal the fullest powers of his genius. Chekhov's unfailing insight into the lives of ordinary people, his ability to dramatize the most commonplace situations and his gentle humor made him not only one of the greatest of short-story writers but also one of the most beloved.
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