Selected Stories
Book description
With an Introduction and Notes by Joe Andrew, Professor of Russian Literature, Keele University.
Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. He constructs stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which leave much to the reader's imagination.
This…
Why read it?
1 author picked Selected Stories as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Chekhov is a master storyteller who conveys important insights into human nature with remarkable parsimony. Chekhov also provides contemporary readers with a certain detachment as he wrote in the nineteenth century and in Russia. Ancient Greek playwrights understood that distant settings provided analytical clarity to contemporary problems and also made people understand their universal nature. Chekhov also serves these aims.
From Richard Ned's list on people who want to become short story writers.
Want books like Selected Stories?
Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Selected Stories.
Browse books like Selected Stories
5 book lists we think you will like!
Interested in Russia, the Bible, and Impressionism?
10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about Russia, the Bible, and Impressionism.