Chekhov Selected Stories （Wordsworth Classics）契诃夫小说选 9781853262883

WithanIntroductionandNotesbyJoeAndrew,ProfessorofRussianLiterature,KeeleUniversityAntonChekhoviswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestwritersofshortstories.Heconstructsstorieswhereactionanddramaareimpliedratherthandescribedopenly,andwhichleavemuchtothereader'simagination.Thiscollectioncontainssomeofthemostimportantofhisearliestandshortestcomicsketches,aswellasexamplesofhisgreat,matureworks.Throughout,thedoctor-turned-writerdisplayscompassionforhumansufferingandmisfortune,butisalwaysabletoseethecomical,evenfarcicalaspectsofthehumancondition.