The Steppe and Other Stories - Brossura

Chekhov, Anton

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0192836986 ISBN 13: 9780192836984

Casa editrice: Oxford Paperbacks, 1998

Riassunto

The first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal, `The Steppe', with its masterly account of a spectacular thunderstorm, signifies his maturation as a writer of short stories. While the majority of his tales focus on the privileged classes, this selection shows that Chekhov never forgot his origins as the son of a failed provincial grocer, and characters as varied as the brutal soldier in `Gusev', the downtrodden old constable in `On Official Business', and the bemused peasants in `New Villa' testify to the power and flexibility of his art.

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Contenuti

The Steppe; An Awkward Business; The Beauties; The Cobbler and the Devil; The Bet; Thieves; Gusev; Peasant Woman; In Exile; Rothschild's Fiddle; The Student; The Head Gardener's Story; Patch; The Savage; In the Cart; New Villa; On Official Business; At Christmas; Fragment; The Story of a Commercial Venture; From a Retired Teacher's Notebook; A Fishy Affair

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Book by Chekhov Anton

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• Editore: Oxford Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0192836986
• ISBN 13: 9780192836984
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Redattore: Hingley Ronald