The Russian Master and other Stories

by Anton Chekhov

2021-01-09 03:42:48

A schoolteacher in a provincial town falls in love with and marries a young local woman. He thinks he's found a bliss only described in novels. But before long, his sharp points of bliss become blurred. The loss of ideals and poverty of actual experi... Read more
A schoolteacher in a provincial town falls in love with and marries a young local woman. He thinks he's found a bliss only described in novels. But before long, his sharp points of bliss become blurred. The loss of ideals and poverty of actual experience are the themes of these stories. Chekhov's Russians, at the close of the 19th century are trapped in a prison of frustration, which he depicts with laconic power. Less

Book Details

File size7.72 X 5.08 X 0.59 in
Print pages256
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date November 9, 2008
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780199554874
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career a...

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