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The first substantial volume in English devoted solely to the full range of Chekhov's comic mastery-forty stories in all, employing a variety of techniques and twists, and all with a sense of fun and infectious good humor. Tolstoy, who disliked Chekhov's plays, was reduced to helpless fits of laughter by his comic stories. Translated from the Russian and with an Introduction by Harvey Pitcher. Penetrating social satire and trenchant character analysis....In story after story, Chekhov displays techniques-especially the use of a few telling details to suggest a whole-that he would later employ to stunning effect. -Philip Gambone, New York Times Book Review

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction 1
Part 2 He Quarrelled with his Wife 11
Part 3 Notes from the Memoirs of a Man of Ideals 12
Part 4 A Dreadful Night 16
Part 5 From the Diary of an Assistant Book-keeper 22
Part 6 An Incident at Law 24
Part 7 The Daughter of Albion 26
Part 8 Foiled! 30
Part 9 A Woman Without Prejudices 32
Part 10 The Complaints Book 36
Part 11 The Swedish Match 37
Part 12 Rapture 57
Part 13 Vint 59
Part 14 On the Telephone 63
Part 15 Romance with Double-Bass 65
Part 16 The Death of a Civil Servant 71
Part 17 Overdoing It 74
Part 18 Surgery 78
Part 19 In the Dark 82
Part 20 Kashtanka 86
Part 21 Grisha 105
Part 22 Fat and Thin 108
Part 23 The Objet d'Art 110
Part 24 A Horsy Name 114
Part 25 At the Bath-house 117
Part 26 The Chameleon 121
Part 27 Revenge 124
Part 28 The Orator 128
Part 29 The Exclamation Mark 131
Part 30 Notes from the Journal of a Quick-tempered Man 136
Part 31 A Man of Ideas 145
Part 32 The Siren 148
Part 33 The Burbot 153
Part 34 The Civil Service Exam 158
Part 35 Boys 162
Part 36 A Drama 168
Part 37 The Malefactor 173
Part 38 No Comment 177
Part 39 Sergeant Prishibeyev 181
Part 40 Encased 185
Part 41 The Darling 197
Part 42 Notes 209

Product details

Published 23 Feb 1999
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 224
ISBN 9781461713036
Imprint Ivan R. Dee
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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