The Steppe and Other Stories (The ^AWorld's Classics)

By Anton Chekhov

Book Overview

The fifth volume of Chekhov short stories completes the publication in the World Classics series of his entire work as a mature fiction-writer. Here are 22 stories, including "The Steppe," Chekhov's first short story to be published in a serious Russian literary journal. All the texts are taken from the highly-acclaimed translation by Ronald Hingley.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192826638
• ISBN13: 9780192826633
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.5" x 4.6"

Customer Reviews

The beginnings of a master writer . . .

I didn't know Chekov was considered a master of the short story until I read Janet Malcolm's pieces about him in The New Yorker. So I started with this book, which contains some of his earliest stories. Each story is amazing and in them you can see him progressing into his own unique style. This is a great book to start with if you're reading Chekov for the first time.