The Complete Short Novels

Anton Chekhov, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

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Vintage Books
15 August 2005

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Vintage Classics

A masterful new translation of the five short novels of Chekhov, brought together in one volume. First time in paperback. VINTAGE CLASSICS.

Anton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels-here brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

The Steppe-the most lyrical of the five-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 that 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.

By: Anton Chekhov
Translated by: Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Vintage Classics ed.
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 391g
ISBN: 9781400032921
ISBN 10: 140003292X
Series: Vintage Classics
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 15 August 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anton Chekhov was the author of hundreds of short stories and several plays and is regarded by many as both the greatest Russian storyteller and the father of modern drama. From the Hardcover edition.

Reviews for The Complete Short Novels

Praise for previous translations by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky: <br> The reinventors of the classic Russian novel for our times. -PEN/BoMC Translation Prize Citation <br> Their translations have become the standard English-language texts. -Newsday <br> The Brothers Karamazov : One finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevksy's original. - The New York Times Book Review <br> Anna Karenina : The most scrupulous, illuminating and compelling version yet. - The Oregonian