The Duel and Other Stories (riverrun editions) by Anton Chekhov - ISBN: 9781787475960
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Chekhov’s tales of love, life’s regrets, and human folly.

The Duel and Other Stories (riverrun editions)

an exquisite collection from one of Russia's greateat writers

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    28 January 2020

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Summary

A married woman restlessly seeks a deeper love.

An insomniac ponders the meagreness of his life.

A man loses the respect of his family because of a counterfeit coin.

A duel of wits escalates into a clash of cultures - and more.

THE DUEL AND OTHER STORIES is the second in an exclusive three-volume edition of Chekhov’s stories. Encompassing the intricacy and range of social connection, these exqu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781787475960
ISBN-10:1787475964
Author:Anton Chekhov, Constance Garnett, Janet Malcolm
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:riverrun
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:28 January 2020
Weight:320g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 30mm
Series:riverrun editions
About The Author

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. He trained as a doctor and practiced medicine throughout most of his literary career.

Constance Garnett was an English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature and one of the first English translators of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov.

Janet Malcolm is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of The Journalist and the Murderer and In the Freud Archives, among many others.

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