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English
Vintage
06 March 1991
If any writer can be said to have invented the modern short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing. And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty Stories. The abashed happiness of a woman in the presence of the husband who abandoned her years before. The obsequious terror of the official who accidentally sneezes on a general. The poignant astonishment of an aging Don Juan overtaken by love. Spanning the entirety of Chekhov's career and including such masterpieces as ""Surgery,"" ""The Huntsman,"" ""Anyuta,"" ""Sleepyhead,"" ""The Lady With the Pet Dog,"" and ""The Bishop,"" this collection manages to be amusing, dazzling, and supremely moving-often within a single page.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 201mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   289g
ISBN:   9780679733751
ISBN 10:   0679733752
Series:   Vintage Classics
Pages:   344
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Forty Stories

I long to embrace, to include in my own short life, all that is accessible to man. I long to speak, to read, to wield a hammer in a great factory, to keep watch at sea, to plow. I want to be walking along the Nevsky Prospect, or in the open fields, or on the ocean -- wherever my imagination ranges. <br><br>-- Anton Chekhov<br><br>If any one writer can be said to have invented the modem short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing.<br><br>And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty Stories. The abashed happiness of a woman in the presence of the husband who abandoned her years before. The obsequious terror of the official who accidentally sneezes on a general. The poignant astonishment of an aging Don Juan overtaken by love. Spanning the entirety of Chekhov's career and including such masterpieces as Surgery, The Huntsman, Anyuta, Sleepy-head, The Lady With the Pet Dog, and The Bishop, this collection manages to be amusing, dazzling, and supremely moving -- often within a single page.<br><br>Vintage Classic are-quality paperback editions of the world's greatest written works. They are durably bound and are printed exclusively on acid-free paper.


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