Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov [28 stories]

This collection brings together twenty-eight stories by Chekhov, drawn from across his career. They range from short comic sketches to longer, more reflective works about doctors, clerks, landowners, peasants, wives and travellers in provincial Russia. Chekhov tends to avoid neat plots and moral lessons. Instead he watches ordinary lives closely, noticing small disappointments, moments of kindness and the gap between what people want and what they have. His economy and humane humour made him a model for the modern short story, and this selection offers a broad, welcoming view of his art.