Best Translation Of Chekhov Short Stories - April 2024

Forty Stories (Vintage Classics)

• ASIN: B004J4X2XA
• ASIN: B004J4X2XA
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

• ASIN: B0030CMK6M
• ASIN: B0030CMK6M
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

Best-Loved Short Stories: Flaubert, Chekhov, Kipling, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Poe and Others (Dover Large Print Classics)

Here, in large-print format, is a selection of great tales by American and European authors. Eleven stories include F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," Chekhov's "The Lady with the Toy Dog," and O. Henry's "The Furnished Room," in addition to works by Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Willa Cather.This Dover edition is specially designed for those who need or prefer large print and meets the standards of the National Association for Visually Handicapped.

• ASIN: 0486433625
• UPC: 800759433629
• ASIN: 0486433625
• ISBN: 0486433625
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

Fifty-two stories spanning Chekhov’s career.Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories contains a wide spectrum of classics and new favorites, including “Ward No. 6,” “The Lady with the Little Dog,” “Anna on the Neck,” “The Name-Day Party,” “The Kiss,” An Incident at Law,” and “Elements Most Often Found in Novels, Short Stories, Etc.” This edition features twenty-five brand-new translations, commissioned expressly for this volume from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Peter Constantine, Rosamund Bartlett, Michael Henry Heim, among others. Twenty translations have been... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393925307
• ASIN: 0393925307
• ISBN: 0393925307
• Brand: Brand: W. W. Norton Company
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

The Complete Short Novels

Anton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels–here brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.The Steppe—the most lyrical of the five—is an account of a nine-year-old boy’s frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia. The Duel sets two decadent figures—a fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibility—on a collision course that ends in a series of surpris... [Read More]

• ASIN: 140003292X
• ASIN: 140003292X
• ISBN: 9781400032921
• Brand: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich/ Volokhonsky, Larissa (TRN)/ Pevear, Richard (TRN)/ Pevear, Richard (INT)
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Complete Plays, Lenz and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

Collected in this volume are powerful dramas and psychological fiction by the nineteenth-century iconoclast now recognized as a major figure of world literature. Also included are selections from Büchner's letters and philosophical writings.

• ASIN: B002RI98CY
• ASIN: B002RI98CY
• Manufacturer: Penguin

The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features short stories by great 19- and 20th-century writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe. Included are Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," in which two waiters and a lonely customer in a Spanish cafe confront the concept of nothingness; "A & P," John Updike's most anthologized story and one of his most popular; "Borges and I," typical Jorge Luis Borges — imaginative, philosophical, and mysterious; as well as short masterpieces by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Herman Melville, Thomas Man... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486447162
• UPC: 800759447169
• ASIN: 0486447162
• ISBN: 0486447162
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Anton Chekhov's Short Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

The thirty-four stories in this volume span Chekhov’s creative career. They present a wide spectrum of comic and serious themes and a variety of techniques. (His short novels, available in another Norton volume, Seven Short Novels by Chekhov, have been omitted.) Two of the stories have been translated for this edition by Professor Matlaw; the other translations, by Constance Garnett, Ivy Litvinov, and Marian Fell, have been revised in accordance with contemporary usage. Footnotes have been supplied wherever necessary to explain peculiarities of Russian life and the historical era in which Ch... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393090027
• ASIN: 0393090027
• ISBN: 0393090027
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Cuentos de Chejóv (Spanish Edition)

Este ebook presenta "Cuentos de Chéjov" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Este libro es una selección de los mejores cuentos de Antón Chéjov, con gran narrativa y técnica literaria que lo hacen un artífice incomparable en la rama del relato. Chejov escribía sus cuentos basado en personajes de la vida cotidiana, e incluso a partir de su propia experiencia. Los relatos son en muchos casos humorísticos, que parodian a la sociedad rusa, pero que también muestran a un escritor preocupado por la forma y la experimentación del relato, por los temas y las nuevas propuestas. Con este libr... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00JF6JTKM
• ASIN: B00JF6JTKM
• Manufacturer: e-artnow

Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (Penguin Classics)

Tales of madness, alienation, and insight from a master of the short storyWard No. 6 and Other Stories 1892-1895 collects stories which show Anton Chekhov beginning to confront complex, ambiguous and often extreme emotions in his short fiction. These stories from the middle period of Chekhov's career include - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor - 'Ward No. 6', a savage indictment of the medical profession set in a mental hospital; 'The Black Monk', portraying an academic who has strange hallucinations, explores ideas of genius and insanity; 'Murder', in which religious fervour leads... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140447865
• ASIN: 0140447865
• ISBN: 1592642020
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

• ASIN: B00849FF0E
• ASIN: B00849FF0E

About Love and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)

Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov "the greatest short story writer who has ever lived." This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes--alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence--have as much relevance today as when they were written, and these superb new translati... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199536686
• ASIN: 0199536686
• ISBN: 9780199536689
• Brand: OUP Oxford
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Prank: The Best of Young Chekhov (New York Review Books Classics)

Twelve early comedic short stories by the Russian master of the form.An NYRB Classics OriginalThe Prank is Chekhov’s own selection of the best of his early work, the first book he put together and the first book he hoped to publish. Assembled in 1882, with illustrations by Nikolay Chekhov, the book was then presented to the censor for approval—which was denied. Now, more than a hundred and thirty years later, The Prank appears here for the first time in any language.At the start of his twenties, when he was still in medical school, Anton Chekhov was also busily setting himself up as a prol... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159017836X
• ASIN: 159017836X
• ISBN: 159017836X
• Manufacturer: NYRB Classics

Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (English and Russian Edition)

The story, or novella, as a literary genre has a much shorter history in Russia than in some Western countries, but it has nevertheless produced important works by some of the greatest names in Russian literature. This dual-language volume contains 12 such stories — memorable tales by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev, Bunin, and other masters. Each selection is presented here in the original Russian with an excellent literal English translation on the facing pages.Also included are linguistic and cultural notes, a Russian-English vocabulary, study questions and more. In... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486262448
• UPC: 800759262441
• ASIN: 0486262448
• ISBN: 0486262448
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

The Portable Chekhov (Portable Library)

Anton Chekhov remarked toward the close of his life that people would stop reading him a year after his death. But his literary stature and popularity have grown steadily with the years, and he is accounted the single most important influence on the development of the modern short story.   Edited and with an introduction by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, The Portable Chekhov presents twenty-eight of Chekhov’s best stories, chosen as particularly representative of his many-sided portrayal of the human comedy—including “The Kiss,” “The Darling,” and “In the Ravine”—as well as two comple... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140150358
• ASIN: 0140150358
• ISBN: 0140150358
• Brand: Penguin Classics
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

Anton Chekhov: The Collected Novellas and Short Stories in Multiple Translations (Unabridged) - eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: "Anton Chekhov: The Collected Novellas and Short Stories in Multiple Translations (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Excerpt: "Life is a vexatious trap;

• UPC: 213076628

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

This unique edition of Anton Chekhov's collected novellas and short stories has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt: "Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking

• UPC: 769965755

Anton Chekhov: The Collected Novellas and Short Stories in Multiple Translations - eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: "Anton Chekhov: The Collected Novellas and Short Stories in Multiple Translations" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Excerpt: "Life is a vexatious trap; when

• UPC: 742399714

Literary translation and terminological precision: Chekhov and his short stories - eBook

Vladimir Nabokov was a major translator and translation theorist. His idea of translation, which resembles his general view of reality, is extremely helpful when it comes to carry out a critical analysis of Chekhov’s short

• UPC: 595226609

The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more - eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. It is

• UPC: 579577999

BEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES: CHEKHOV, PUSHKIN, DOSTOYEVSKY, TURGENEV, GOGOL AND MORE (ILLUSTRATED) - eBook

IN THIS COLLECTION YOU WILL  FIND NINETEEN GREAT SHORT STORIES FROM PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA. SPEND DAYS READING WORKS BY THE MOST ACCLAIMED RUSSIAN WRITERS. INCLUDED IS AN IMAGE OF EACH AUTHOR.STORIES INCLUDED ARE: THE QUEEN OF

• UPC: 326890757

The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, Gogol and many more - eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, Gogol and many more” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. It is

• UPC: 180044051

The Prank : The Best of Young Chekhov

An NYRB Classics Original The Prank is Chekhov's own selection of the best of his early work, the first book he put together and the first book he hoped to publish. Assembled in 1882, with

• UPC: 40566374
• Rating: 4.0

Best Russian Short Stories, in English translation - eBook

12 illustrations. This collection includes: THE QUEEN OF SPADES by Pushkin, THE CLOAK (AKA The Overcoat) by Gogol, THE DISTRICT DOCTOR by Turgenev, THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING by Dostoyevsky, GOD SEES THE TRUTH,

• UPC: 931634085

7 best short stories: Feel-Good Stories - eBook

Sometimes life can be discouraging and exhausting. For those moments there are stories that are heartwarming and give us the daily dose of joy and encouragement that we all need. Critic August Nemo selected seven

• UPC: 521881278