Primarily known as a dramatist, Chekhov also wrote short stories. This selection of his work includes "The Swedish Match", "Easter Eve", "Mire", "On the Road", "Verotchka", "Volodya", "The Kiss", "Sleepy" and "The Steppe".
Offers translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts along with an introduction focused on the plays' power to elicit the widely divergent of responses, the life of the... Læs mere
Drawn from Sharon Marie Carnicke's volume of "Chekhov, Four Plays and Three Jokes" (Hackett), this title features Carnicke's translation of a play that has been called 'Chekhov's ultimate theatrical coup d'etat'.
First published in her Chekhov: Four Plays and Three Jokes, Sharon Marie Carnicke's eye-openingtranslation of Three Sisters appears in this edition with a new Introduction that expands... Læs mere
Treads a fine line between broad comedy and tragic melodrama.