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  • The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    IT was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front: a lady with a little dog. Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, who had by then been a fortnight at Yalta, and so was fairly at home there, had begun to take an interest in new arrivals. Sitting in Verney's pavilion, he saw, walking on the sea-front, a fair-haired young lady of medium height, wearing a _beret_; a white Pomeranian dog was running ... Read more

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  • The Duel

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    Series series World Classics
    A modern-day Hamlet, Laevsky enjoys blaming his issues on the corrupting influence of his time and civilization. Van Koren, on the other hand, believes strongly in the survival of the fittest. When the two of them become tangled in a game of infidelity, debts, and deception, it is not long until a physical duel ensues. A complex tale of transformation, human fragility and forgiveness, it was ... Read more

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  • Love

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    'Love' begins with the narrator writing a long, poetic and lovelorn letter to the object of his affections, Sasha. It has to be absolutely perfect. However, her reply isn't exactly what he expected. This superbly-observed short story serves as an allegory to the trials and tribulations faced by those falling in love. Wistful, whimsical, and funny, it's an essential read for those who want to find ... Read more

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  • The Schoolmaster and Other Stories

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    FYODOR LUKITCH SYSOEV, the master of the factory school maintained at the expense of the firm of Kulikin, was getting ready for the annual dinner. Every year after the school examination the board of managers gave a dinner at which the inspector of elementary schools, all who had conducted the examinations, and all the managers and foremen of the factory were present. In spite of their official ... Read more

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  • Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    When Professor Serebrakoff and his younger wife, Helena, return to his rural estate, they find themselves less than welcome. Despite the smiles and formality, there is tension in the air and all roads lead to Helena. A family friend, Dr. Astrov quickly falls in love with her, as does the eponymous uncle. 'Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life' is one of Chekhov's greatest plays, and expertly ... Read more

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  • The Schoolmistress

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    Series series World Classics
    Follows Maria's tumultuous journey home after receiving her salary from the school board. 'The Schoolmistress' features Chekhov's much-celebrated realist prose as he illustrates the misery of the poor schoolmistress and her surroundings.While Maria must fight for respect from her superiors and the townsfolk, she dreams of a better life with the wealthy and handsome Hanov. Chekhov's social ... Read more

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  • In the Graveyard

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    Series series World Classics
    'In the Graveyard' is a tale that is at once both hopeful and hopeless in which Anton Chekhov explores the tragedies of life with a comic touch. The short story opens with friends wandering a graveyard discussing a man they once knew whose 'digestion was fine' but still died due to his nosiness. This mixture of the mundane and the mystical which is fundamental to much of Chekhov's celebrated ... Read more

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  • The Party

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    Series series World Classics
    Olga Mikhaylovna is pregnant, and she has spent the day plodding through her husbands name-day party, waiting on their guest's hand and foot. Tired of being pleasant to everyone, she takes a moment to herself in the garden. Her peace is shattered as she spots her husband talking to another woman, and as her suspicions begin to mount, Anton Chekhov creates a moving, gut-wrenching portrait of the ... Read more

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  • Beauties

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    Series series World Classics
    'Beauties' is a short story by Chekhov that tells the tale of a young schoolboy travelling through the countryside with his grandfather on a sweltering summer day. The boy is uninterested in his dreary dustbowl surroundings until they arrive at the house of an old friend and the boy becomes transfixed by an astonishingly beautiful young woman. 'Beauties' is a perfect encapsulation of Chekhov's ... Read more

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  • Typhus

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    Series series World Classics
    'Typhus' is a deeply personal short story by Chekhov, about a young man, Klimov, returning home on a train while suffering from a terrible illness. The tale begins with Chekhov's classic dark humour as the protagonist is disgusted with the characters that surround him. The story changes as Chekhov illustrates a slowly creeping illness that engulfs the main character and terrifyingly distorts the ... Read more

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  • Anyuta

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    Series series World Classics
    'Anyuta' is a short story that portrays the key aspects of Chekhov's writings: dry humour, disillusionment, and a realistic depiction of social issues. The story revolves around Anyuta, a poor woman living with a medical student, Stepan, who has little time for her. Stepan dreams of a better life and is torn between following his aspirations alone or resigning himself to destitution with Anyuta. ... Read more

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  • Terror

    by Anton Tchekhov ...
    Translated by Constance Garnett ...
    Series series World Classics
    What are you most afraid of? Spiders, ghosts or perhaps the Slender Man? But have you ever been afraid of life itself? 'Terror' tells the story of just that: a man who is afraid of living. His fears range from his office job in St. Petersburg to the mere act of tilling the soil. He is even scared of his lovely wife and children.But the ultimate cause of his fear of day to day life is not what it ... Read more

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