| Description |
xli, 548 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Everyman's Library ; 277
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Everyman's library ; 277.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page xxiv-xxv). |
| Contents |
The steppe -- The duel -- The story of an unknown man -- Three years -- My life. |
| Summary |
"The Steppe 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 surprising reversals. In The Story of an Unknown Man, a political radical spying on an important official by serving as valet to his son gradually discovers his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. Three Years recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant. In My Life, a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labor. The resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in a brief apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhov's work."--from cover, p. [2]. |
| Subject |
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Pevear, Richard, 1943-
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Volokhonsky, Larissa.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections. English
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| ISBN |
1400040493 US |
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9781400040490 US |
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1857152778 UK |
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9781857152777 UK |
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