Anton Chekhov

In The Death of a Civil Servant , an administrative clerk accidentally sneezes on a hierarchical superior at the opera, which results in great embarrassment and hilarious and futile attempts at atonement. The other short stories included in this...
By: Anton Chekhov

A secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official’s son, with a view to spying on the father and, ultimately, assassinating him. But the young man entrusted with the task – an ailing, world-weary “nobody” – seized with the...
By: Anton Chekhov

This collection of Chekhov's lesser-known short stories – ranging from absurd humorous sketches to psychological pieces and tragedies – demonstrates his mastery of the genre. Although varying in tone and purpose, what these tales have in common is a...
By: Anton Chekhov

In 1890, the thirty-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous eleven-week journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of Sakhalin. Now collected here in one volume are the...
By: Anton Chekhov