The Beauties by Anton Chekhov
New translations of the greatest stories by the Russian master of the form
The uncontestable father of the modern short story.. his stories are some of the best that have ever been written. Guardian Chekhov's genius lies in the way he manages to convey with such apparent effortlessness a profound sense of the mystery of beauty, and of the sadness of those who observe and think ... a masterpiece of minimalism -- Philip Pullman The greatest short story writer who has ever lived -- Raymond Carver In Chekhov literature seems to break its wand like Prospero, renouncing the magic of artifice, ceremony and idealisation, and facing us, for the first time, with a reflection of ourselves in our unadorned ordinariness as well as our unfathomable strangeness. -- James Lasdun
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born in Taganrog, Russia, the son of a grocer. While training as a physician he supported his family with his freelance writing, composing hundreds of short comic pieces under a pen name for local magazines. He went on to write major works of drama, including The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard, but continued to write prize-winning short stories up until his death from tuberculosis at the age of 44.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781782273806 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782273808 |
| Title | The Beauties |
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
| Series | Pushkin Collection |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2017-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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