Selected Stories (A Signet Classic) [Paperback]

Anton Chekhov (Author), Ann Dunnigan (Translator), Ernest J. Simmons (Foreword)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Signet Classics (November 1, 1960)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451525116
• ISBN-13: 978-0451525116
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #893,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly wonderful book from a great Russian wordsmith, May 27, 2000

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Anton Pavlovich "chekhov" (Tithonium Chasma, Mars) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Selected Stories (A Signet Classic) (Paperback)

In the introduction to this book, some compare Chekhov's writing to lace: the beauty of his stories are as much about what's left out as what's left in. Indeed, to a certain extent, that is true. In this book you will find some of the most gently funny and heartbreakingly poignant stories ever written. His writing is almost that of a parish priest recounting the tales of his town, in that he passes no judgement on even the most vile of the characters he has created, but instead allows us to judge each character for ourselves. It's a wonderful glimpse, not only at late-Czarist Russia, but at humanity in general. I highly recommend this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stories in the 1960 Signet Edition, December 13, 2006

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David Adams (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anton Chekhov: Selected Stories (Paperback)

Stories in the Signet 1960 edition: 1. The Confession 2. He Understood 3. At Sea - A Sailor's Story 4. A Nincompoop 5. Surgery 6. Ninochka - A Love Story 7. A Cure for Drinking 8. The Jailer Jailed 9. The Dance Pianist 10. The Milksop 11. Marriage in Ten or Fifteen Years 12. In Spring 13. Agafya 14. The Father 15. In Exile 16. Three Years 17. The House with the Mansard -- An Artist's Story 18. Peasants 19. The Darling.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chekhov in Top Form, October 28, 2000

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Christine Lynn Jones - See all my reviews

This review is from: Selected Stories (A Signet Classic) (Paperback)

Chekhov may have been from a different culture and era, however, his legacy still leaves an impact on millions of readers and writers worldwide. No storyteller thus far, has been able to blend humor and tragedy in the fashion that made Chekhov so universally loved. Selected Stories is a sampling of some of his finest works. With compassion and delicacy, Chekhov writes of the lives of ordinary people who are struggling to overcome conflict, however trivial their problems may be. One story deals with a man who must teach his young son not to smoke even though he himself is a smoker. Another story describes how a middle-aged man is thought peculiar by family and friends because he has never married. These are just a few examples of how this century-old Russian literature is still relevant to today's frame of mind. Chekhov's talent cannot be overstated. His life was short but what he left behind was majestic and grand.