The complete short novels
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548 pages
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Anton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels. Here, brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. The Steppethe most lyrical of the fiveis an account of a nine-year-old boys frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia. The Duel sets two decadent figuresa fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibilityon a collision course that ends in a series of surprising reversals. In The Story of an Unknown Man, a political radical spying on an important official by serving as valet to his son gradually discovers that his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. Three Years recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant. In My Life, a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labor. The resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in a brief apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhovs work.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Chekhov, A. P., Pevear, R., Volokhonsky, L., & Chekhov, A. P. (2004). The complete short novels . Everyman's Library.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov et al.. 2004. The Complete Short Novels. Everyman's Library.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov et al.. The Complete Short Novels Everyman's Library, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The Complete Short Novels Everyman's Library, 2004.

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