Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (Penguin Classics)
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician and writer of short stories and plays, including the masterpieces: 'Uncle Vanya', 'The Seagull', and 'The Cherry Orchard'.   Ronald Wilks has translated many Russian works including, for Penguin, those of Gorky, Sologub, Tolstoy, Pushkin, and Chekhov.  J. Douglas Clayton is Professor of Russian at the University of Ottawa.  He is the author of 'Pierrot in Petrograd' about the Commedia dell'arte and the Russian tradition.