In the Ravine & Other Stories

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Anton Chekhov was one of the world's most accomplished short-story writers and this new collection displays the breadth and variety of his genius.

Chekhov had an incomparable ability to write about the seemingly every day with insight, humour and compassion. His characters are brilliantly drawn, from the church warden who's convinced his wife's a witch because strangers arrive on the doorstep whenever there's a storm, to the wronged wife who confronts her husband's chorus-girl lover, to the melancholy school teacher who imagines how her life might have been.

In the Ravine & Other Stories are translated by Constance Garnett and selected and introduced by Paul Bailey.

Introduction - i: Introduction Chapter - 1: In the Ravine Chapter - 2: The Lady with the Dog Chapter - 3: The Horse-Stealers Chapter - 4: The Bishop Chapter - 5: The Schoolmistress Chapter - 6: Easter Eve Chapter - 7: The New Villa Chapter - 8: The Chorus Girl Chapter - 9: At Christmas Time Chapter - 10: The Witch Chapter - 11: Happiness Chapter - 12: The Darling Chapter - 13: Ward No. 6