The Beauties (eBook)

Essential Stories

Anton Chekhov (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
224 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-78227-381-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The essential edition of the greatest short stories by the Russian master of the formChekhov was without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its untidy complexity. His short stories, written throughout his life and newly translated for this essential collection, are exquisite masterpieces in miniature.Here are tales offering a glimpse of beauty, the memory of a mistaken kiss, daydreams of adultery, a lifetime of marital neglect, the frailty of life, the inevitability of death, and the hilarious pomposity of ordinary men and women. They range from the lighthearted comic tales of his early years to some of the most achingly profound stories ever composed.

Autor

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born in Taganrog, Russia, the son of a grocer. While training as a physician he supported his family with his freelance writing, composing hundreds of short comic pieces under a pen name for local magazines. He went on to write major works of drama, including The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard, but continued to write prize-winning short stories up until his death from tuberculosis at the age of 44.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.2.2018
• Übersetzer: Nicolas Slater Pasternak
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: adultery • beauties • best Chekhov stories • Chekhov • Chekhov best translation • Death • Gogol • marriage • new Chekhov translation • Pushkin Classics • Pushkin Press Classics • Russian Literature • Short Stories • The Kiss • The Lady with the Little Dog • Tolstoy • Turgenev
• ISBN-10: 1-78227-381-6 / 1782273816
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78227-381-3 / 9781782273813