The essential tales of Chekhov
By: edited and with an introduction by Richard Ford ; translated by Constance Garnett.
Contributors: Ford, Richard, 1944-; Garnett, Constance Black, 1862-1946.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Hopewell, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Translations into English
Description: In this extraordinary collection of twenty tales, Richard Ford, a master short story writer in his own right, has selected his personal favorites from among more than two hundred of Chekhov's tales and short novels. These stories, ordered chronologically from 1886 to 1899, are drawn from Chekhov's most fruitful years as a short story writer. The translation is by Constance Garnett, who brought Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Turgenev to the English-speaking world.