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Selections in Volume I:
THE KISS follows the routine of a soldier whose unforeseen encounter with a mysterious woman makes an indelible impression on him.
THE TWO VOLODYAS is the story of a bored woman’s immature infatuation with another man.
THE LADY WITH THE DOG reveals the consequences of an adulterous liaison among the fashionable set.
FEAR takes you into the life of a weak man whose wife holds him in complete contempt.
THE DARLING is about a woman who takes on the personalities and interests of the men in her life.
Also included: CHAMELEON, OYSTERS and finally, an ESSAY on Chekhov’s life by D. Mirsky.
ANTON PAVLOVICH CHEKHOV (1860–1904), was born in Russia at Taganrog on the Sea of Azov. His name has become synonymous with a certain literary style much admired and widely copied since his death. Typically, a Chekhov story is a “mood,” a state of mind, usually with regard to relations between one person and another. Under the influence of the constant, infinitesimal and unforeseen pinpricks of life, there occurs a gradual transformation of that state of mind. His writing is at once fluid and precise. Most of his stories end on a minor note, instead of the dramatic flourish. Today, Chekhov is regarded as Russia’s greatest writer, and his narrative works continue to attract an ever wider circle of readers worldwide.
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