Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: The Schoolmaster and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: The Horse Stealers and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: The Witch and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: The Witch and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: The Wife and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: The Wife and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: Ivanoff by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: The Sea-Gull by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: The Darling and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

Reproduction of the original: Love and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

This Restless Classics edition presents a must-have collection by the great Russian author who captured humanity in all its complexity. Anton Chekhov wrote nearly one thousand stories, a body of work that is unmatched in its alchemy of sensitivity, wisdom, precision, verve, soulfulness, and economy. Chekhov's sensibility was radically human and thoroughly modern: write not how you think things should be, but rather as they are. Universally recognised as one of the greatest short story writers of all time, he revolutionised the form and had a profound influence on his successors.

A man and woman fall in love in a seaside town. The only trouble is, they're both married to other people. A schoolmaster is scandalized by his sweetheart riding a bicycle. A woman falls in love with a series of men, each of whom leave her in different ways. Chekhov's stories capture Russian provincial life in the late nineteenth century while Garnett's translations make these classic works feel as vivid as if they were written yesterday. This exclusive selection by New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm is unmissable for the enthusiast and a brilliant introduction for anyone interested in one of the nineteenth century's greatest writers.

Olenka Plemyannikova, the daughter of a retired collegiate assessor, falls in love with the theater owner, Kukin. Olenka's father dies and she marries Kukin, the two of them live a happy married life. She soon takes over some of his roles in the box office by keeping accounts and the business end of some payments; during this time she becomes more involved in the business and acts like Kukin. Kukin travels to Moscow and dies; Olenka is given word of his death and mourns for three months. Olenka soon finds another man she becomes attached to, Vasily Pustovalov, a merchant from a timber yard; after a few days she becomes infatuated by him and they marry. Olenka disregards all responsibilities of the theater and concentrates on the opinions and thoughts of her new husband. The two of them live a comfortable life of casual talk and religious activities until Vasily becomes ill and dies from a prolonged cold. Shortly after Vasily's death another man enters Olenka's life, Smirnin, a veterinary surgeon. Smirnin complains that he had left his wife and son because of her unfaithfulness, so he is offered the lodge to live in with Olenka until he is able to fix the situation. Olenka and Smirnin become involved with one another, but try to keep it a secret; this fails because Olenka talks to Smirnin's friends about the cattle, which embarrasses him. Smirnin leaves to travel to Moscow and is gone for months, during this time Olenka cannot think of anything independently from her husband or predominant male figure and is unable to create an opinion. Smirnin finally returns and states that he has started working again as a veterinary because his son is now at the age of attending school and that he has reconciled with his wife; Smirnin's family moves into the lodge that Olenka offers to them. Olenka soon becomes obsessed with the son, Sasha; she follows him to school and confesses that she loved him, "never had her soul surrendered to any feeling so spontaneously". The final line in the short story is a quote from a sleeping Sasha, "I'll give it to you, get away Shut up "

V sbornik voshli proizvedenija: Anna na shee Arhierej Chjornyj monah Cvety zapozdalye Dama s sobachkoj Dom s mezoninom Dushechka Hameleon Hirurgija Ionych Kashtanka Kryzhovnik Loshadinaja familija Mal'chiki Nalim O ljubvi Palata nomer 6 Peresolil Poprygun'ja Smert' chinovnika Tolstyj i tonkij Toska Van'ka Dujel'

The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts by Anton Chekhov and translated, with an Introduction, by Julius West. The Cherry Orchard is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by Znaniye (1904). The play opens in the early morning hours of a cool day in May in the nursery of Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya's ancestral estate, somewhere in the provinces of Russia just after the turn of the 20th Century. Ranevskaya has been living with an unnamed lover in France for five years, ever since her young son drowned. After receiving news that she had tried to kill herself, Ranevskaya's 17-year-old daughter Anya and Anya's governess Charlotta Ivanovna have gone to fetch her and bring her home to Russia. They are accompanied by Yasha, Ranevskaya's valet who was with her in France. Upon returning, the group is met by Lopakhin, Dunyasha, Varya (who has overseen the estate in Ranevskaya's absence), Leonid Andreyevich Gayev, Boris Borisovich Simeonov-Pishchik, Semyon Yepikhodov, and Firs.

A. P. Chehov - zamechatel'nyj russkij pisatel' i dramaturg, tvorchestvo kotorogo otlichajut neprevzojdennoe masterstvo rasskazchika, tonkaja ironija i glubochajshij psihologizm. "Drama na ohote" - odno iz rannih proizvedenij avtora, v kotorom pereplelis' dinamizm povestvovanija i detektivnyj sjuzhet s tragicheskoj razvjazkoj.

Znamenityj Anton Pavlovich Chehov pervye shagi v russkoj literature delal pod psevdonimami Antosha Chehonte, "Chelovek bez selezenki," Brat moego brata, kak avtor jumoristicheskih rasskazov i fel'etonov, kotorye izdavali v jumoristicheskih moskovskih zhurnalah "Budil'nik," "Zritel'" i dr. i v peterburgskih jumoristicheskih ezhenedel'nikah "Oskolki," "Strekoza," a vposledstvii voshli v pervye knigi nachinajushhego avtora. Imenno pervye sborniki i knigi A. Chehova - "Shalost'," "Skazki Mel'pomeny," "Pestrye rasskazy," a takzhe rasskazy, pechatavshiesja v zhurnalah "Oskolki," "Zerkalo" i dr., vkljucheny v jetot dvuhtomnik, raskryvajushhij jumoristicheskij talant priznannogo v mire pisatelja. Dvuhtomnik predstavljaet naibolee polnoe sobranie jumoristicheskih rasskazov A. P. Chehova.

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. The Seagull is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Treplev. Includes unique illustrations.