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Start giftingThe Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Vol. 2
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A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov’s stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and their vast number. Raymond Carver once said, “It is not only the immense number of stories he wrote—for few, if any, writers have ever done more—it is the awesome frequency with which he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.”
In The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Volume 2: 1886, Blackstone has compiled fifty-five of Chekhov’s short stories:
ArtA BlunderChildrenMiseryAn UpheavalAn Actor’s EndThe RequiemAnyutaIvan MatveyitchThe WitchA Story without an EndA JokeAgafyaA NightmareGrishaLoveEaster EveLadiesStrong ImpressionsA Gentleman FriendA Happy ManThe Privy CouncillorA Day in the CountryAt a Summer VillaPanic FearsThe Chemist’s WifeNot WantedThe Chorus GirlThe SchoolmasterA Troublesome VisitorThe HusbandA MisfortuneA Pink StockingMartyrsThe First-Class PassengerTalentThe DependentsThe Jeune PremierIn the DarkA Trivial IncidentA Tripping TongueA Trifle from LifeDifficult PeopleIn the CourtA Peculiar ManMireDreamsHush!Excellent PeopleAn IncidentThe OratorA Work of ArtWho Was to Blame?VankaOn the Road
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), the author of hundreds of short stories and several plays, is regarded by many as both the greatest Russian storyteller and the father of modern drama. He described the Russian life of his time using a deceptively simple technique devoid of obtrusive literary devices, thereby becoming the prominent representative of the late nineteenth-century Russian realist school. His early stream-of-consciousness style strongly influenced the literary world, including writers such as James Joyce.
Anthony Heald, an Audie Award–winning narrator, has earned Tony nominations and an Obie Award for his theater work; appeared in television’s Law & Order, The X-Files, Miami Vice, and Boston Public; and starred as Dr. Frederick Chilton in the 1991 Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs. Heald has also won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his family.
Constance Garnett (1862–1946) translated the works of numerous Russian authors, including Tolstoy, Gogol, Pushkin, and Turgenev.
Reviews
“Anton Chekhov was equally distinguished as short story writer and as dramatist. His influence upon the short story is still ongoing.”
“It is not only the immense number of stories he wrote…it is the awesome frequency with which he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.”
“Chekhov is a master at making his characters’ darkest aspects comprehensible and human. He’s never sentimental and he’s not particularly pleasant, but he will always feel modern because of his astonishing juxtapositions and the way his characters’ swift, darting minds vacillate between idealism and boredom, vanity and hope.”
“With a collection of dozens of stories featuring a multitude of characters, a narrator might find himself significantly challenged. But Anthony Heald comes through with flying colors. He finds a unique voice for each character—whether drunken man, pious widow, or ignorant peasant. Breathing life into each individual, he captures eccentricity, nervousness, and egotism. His enthusiastic reading gives Chekhov his full due and endows this collection with a strong voice of its own.”
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