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The Essential Tales of ChekhovISBN 0060956569 (0-06-095656-9)
Softcover, Ecco Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Tales of Chekhov'Book summary:Anton Chekhov is best known as a playwright, the author of such classics as Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, and Three Sisters, but he was also an accomplished short-story writer. The Essential Tales of Chekhov does not pretend to be a comprehensive collection of all his fiction, but it does lay claim to be the best. Reading these stories, one immediately notices how modern they feel. As Richard Ford writes in his introduction, "His meticulous anatomies of complicated human impulse and response, his view of what's funny and poignant, his clear-eyed observance of life as lived--all somehow matches our experience." Chekhov is a master of the telling detail, the acute psychological insight. In "After the Theatre" he captures perfectly the morbid, romantic imagination of a 16-year-old girl: "To be unloved and unhappy--how interesting that was." In "An Anonymous Story" he quickly limns the sum of one of his characters in a single image: "He was a man with the manners of a lizard. He did not walk, but, as it were, crept along with tiny steps, squirming and sniggering, and when he laughed he showed his teeth." We will see much more of this character, but we've already learned everything essential about him.
No two Chekhov stories are alike, but they do share some common traits: though often somber, they are seldom despairing and even his most serious work is leavened by his trademark wit. Only 20 of the more than 220 tales that he wrote are included in this collection, but they provide an excellent introduction to those who have not yet had the pleasure of reading him. And for those who know and love Chekhov, The Essential Tales of Chekhov is a loving reminder of why. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Four Modern PlaysISBN 0030119154 (0-03-011915-4)
Softcover, Harcourt School
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Four PlaysISBN 0048910368 (0-04-891036-8)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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A Journey to the End of the Russian Empireby Anton ChekhovISBN 0141025506 (0-14-102550-6)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire'Book summary:Overwhelmed by what he felt was the worthlessness of his great success as a writer, Chekhov (1860-1904) decided to leave everything behind him and go to the far reaches of Siberia - to the terrible Russian penal colony on Sakhalin Island. This book mixes his witty, charming letters back to friends on his long journey with his grim account of the reality of life in one of the worst places on earth. "Great Journeys" allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things: great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered. [via]
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Kissby Anton ChekhovISBN 0141022167 (0-14-102216-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kiss'Book summary:In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of good books for all'. [via]
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The Lady With Little Dog and Other Storiesby Anton Chekhov , Ronald WilksISBN 0140447873 (0-14-044787-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lady With Little Dog and Other Stories'Book summary:During the last ten years of his life, Anton Chekhov penned his great plays, spent time treating the sick, and wrote a small number of stories that are considered his masterpieces. The eleven stories collected here-"The Lady with the Little Dog," "The House with the Mezzanine," "My Life," "Peasants," "A Visit to Friends," "Ionych," "About Love," "In the Ravine," "The Bishop," "The Bride," and "Disturbing the Balance"-hail from this fertile period. They reveal a writer who, in response to the techniques of Symbolism and Impressionism, moved beyond nineteenth-century realism to become an innovator of the modern short story, influencing such key twentieth-century literary figures as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner.[via]More editions of The Lady With Little Dog and Other Stories:
A Life In Lettersby Anton Chekhov , Rosamund Bartlett, Anthony PhillipsISBN 0140449221 (0-14-044922-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Party" and Other Stories : "The Party; "A Woman's Kingdom"; "My Life: a Provincial's Story"; an Unpleasant Business"; "A Nervous Breakdown"by Anton Chekhov , Ronald WilksISBN 0140448357 (0-14-044835-7)
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Playsby Anton Chekhov , Ronald WilksISBN 0140447334 (0-14-044733-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays'Book summary:Anton Chekhov wrote that "narrative is my legal wife and drama a flamboyant, rowdy, impudent, exhausting mistress." At a time when the Russian stage was dominated by farces, formulaic melodramas, and vaudevilles, Chekhov created plays that focused on characters grappling with moral questions. His works baffled his audiences, but his sensitive explorations of love, loss, and time as well as his portrayal of complex characters and ambiguities, revolutionized the theater with an exhilarating new form of drama.[via]
This volume includes new translations, full explanatory notes, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary, as well as an introduction by eminent Chekhov scholar Richard Gilman.More editions of Plays:
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The Plays of Anton Chekhovby Anton Chekhov , Ronald WilksISBN 0060928751 (0-06-092875-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Plays of Anton Chekhov'Book summary:These critically hailed translations of The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters and the other Chekhov plays are the only ones in English by a Russian-language scholar who is also a veteran Chekhovian actor.
Without compromising the spirit of the text, Paul Schmidt accurately translates Chekhov's entire theatrical canon, rescuing the humor "lost" in most academic translations while respecting the historical context and original social climate.
Schmidt's translations of Chekhov have been successfully staged all over the U.S. by such theatrical directors as Lee Strasberg, Elizabeth Swados, Peter Sellars and Robert Wilson. Critics have hailed these translations as making Chekhov fully accessible to American audiences. They are also accurate -- Schmidt has been described as "the gold standard in Russian-English translation" by Michael Holquist of the Russian department at Yale University. [via]
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The Portable Chekhovby Anton Chekhov , Ronald WilksISBN 0140150358 (0-14-015035-8)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portable Chekhov'Book summary:Reprint of the 1947 ed. published by Viking Press, New York, in series: The Viking portable library. [via]
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The Rig Vedaby Anton Chekhov , Ronald WilksISBN 0140449892 (0-14-044989-2)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rig Veda'Book summary:[via]The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, The Rig Veda (c. 1200900 bc) is a collection of more than 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides unique insight into early Indian mythology and culture. Fraught with paradox, the hymns are meant to puzzle, to surprise, to trouble the mind, writes translator Wendy Doniger, who has selected 108 hymns for this volume. Chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, they focus on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, and the gods. Donigers The Rig Veda provides a fascinating introduction to a timeless masterpiece of Hindu ritual and spirituality.
- Wendy Doniger's translation conveys all the vitality and force of the original
- Includes an introduction, appendices, updated bibliography, detailed index, and comprehensive notes on each hymn
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The Shooting Partyby Anton Chekhov , Ronald WilksISBN 0140448985 (0-14-044898-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Steppe and Other Stories, 1887-1891by Anton Chekhov , Ronald Wilks, Donald RayfieldISBN 0140447857 (0-14-044785-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Tales of Chekhov: The Darling and Other Storiesby Anton Chekhov , Ronald Wilks, Donald RayfieldISBN 0061153869 (0-06-115386-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tales of Chekhov: The Darling and Other Stories'Book summary:In honour of its 35th anniversary, Ecco is proud to reissue Constance Garnett's 1929 13volume Tales of Chekhov, heralded as one of the finest Chekhov translations ever.
Anton Chekhov's short fiction is admired and cherished by readers the world over. This stunning boxed set brings together the largest, most comprehensive selection of his stories, all full of humor, truth, and vast insight. Included are the familiar masterpieces"The Kiss," "The Darling," and "The Lady with the Dog"as well as several brilliant but lesserknown tales such as "A Blunder," "Hush!," and "Champagne." The entire collection is introduced by Richard Ford's perceptive essay "Why We Like Chekhov. while each individual volume includes a brief reminiscence on the meaning of Chekhov from a celebrated author, among them Nadine Gordimer, Susan Sontag, Harold Brodkey, Cynthia Ozick, and Russell Banks. Amidst a sea of Chekhov translations, Constance Garnett, who brought Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Turgenev to the Englishspeaking world, has a style particularly suited to Chekhov's prose. Her benchmark translations enable readers to immerse themselves in his world, experiencing the breadth of his talent in one voice.
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Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895by Anton Chekhov , Ronald Wilks, Douglas ClaytonISBN 0140447865 (0-14-044786-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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