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The Steppe and Other Stories
Anton Chekhov
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Description for The Steppe and Other Stories
Paperback. Editor(s): Hingley, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
The first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal, `The Steppe', with its masterly account of a spectacular thunderstorm, signifies his maturation as a writer of short stories. While the majority of his tales focus on the privileged classes, this selection shows that Chekhov never forgot his origins as the son of a failed provincial grocer, and characters as varied as the brutal soldier in `Gusev', the downtrodden old constable in `On Official Business', and the bemused peasants in `New Villa' testify to the power and flexibility of his art. ABOUT THE SERIES: For ... Read more
The first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal, `The Steppe', with its masterly account of a spectacular thunderstorm, signifies his maturation as a writer of short stories. While the majority of his tales focus on the privileged classes, this selection shows that Chekhov never forgot his origins as the son of a failed provincial grocer, and characters as varied as the brutal soldier in `Gusev', the downtrodden old constable in `On Official Business', and the bemused peasants in `New Villa' testify to the power and flexibility of his art. ABOUT THE SERIES: For ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199555451
SKU
V9780199555451
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About Anton Chekhov
Translated and edited by Ronald Hingley, Emeritus Fellow of St Anthony's College, Oxford
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