Acknowledgments -- Introduction / David Magarshack -- Chronological table -- Plays -- The cherry orchard -- The seagull -- The wood demon -- Tatyana Riepin -- On the harmfulness of tobacco -- Stories -- My life -- The house with the mezzanine -- Typhus -- Gooseberries -- In exile -- The lady with the toy dog -- Gousslev -- A Moscow hamlet -- At the cemetery -- At the post office -- Schulz -- Life is wonderful -- A fairy tale.