A night in the cemetery
Subtitle: and other stories of crime & suspense
By: Anton Chekhov ; translated by Peter Sekirin.
Contributors: Sekirin, Peter.
Edition: 1st Pegasus Books ed.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781933648866
Subjects: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich -- 1860-1904 -- Translations into English.; Short stories, Russian -- Translations into English.
Genres: Translations into English.
Work titles: Short stories.
Description: The English-language debut of Anton Chekhov's first collection of mystery and suspense tales. Considered  one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Anton Chekhov actually began his literary career as a crime and mystery writer. Scattered throughout periodicals and literary journals from 1880-1890, Peter Sekirin brings together these psychological suspense stories in a premier collection that provides a fresh look into Chekhov's literary heritage and his formative years as a writer.
Notes: Translated from the Russian.