num_pages: 203
description: This is the most representative selection of Chekhov's early comic and serious stories available in one volume in English. This selection, including the pastoral comedy Romance with Double-Bass, the absurdist comedy The Death of a Civil Servant, the hauntingly lyrical Easter Night, and the chilling Let Me Sleep, to name a few, exemplifies the masterful range of the young Chekhov.Rapture --The death of a civil servant --Incident at law --Fat and thin --The daughter of Albion --Oysters --A dreadful night --Minds in ferment --The complaints book --The chameleon --The huntsman --The malefactor --A man of ideas --Sergeant Prishibeyev --The misfortune --Romance with double-bass --The witch --Grisha --Kids --Revenge --Easter night --The little joke --The objet d'Art --The chorus-girl --Dreams --The orator --Vanka --Verochka --A drama --Typhus --Notes from the journal of a quick-tempered man --The reed-pipe --The kiss --No comment --Let me sleep.
language: English
title: The Early Stories 1883-88
titlecomplete: The Early Stories 1883-88
genres: Fiction, Russian Literature, Classics, Russia, Literature, Short Stories
ratings_count: 215
publisher: Sphere