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Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions) Paperback – February 28, 2014

by Anton Chekhov (Author), Cathy Popkin (Editor)

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Fifty-two stories spanning Chekhov’s career.

Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories contains a wide spectrum of classics and new favorites, including “Ward No. 6,” “The Lady with the Little Dog,” “Anna on the Neck,” “The Name-Day Party,” “The Kiss,” An Incident at Law,” and “Elements Most Often Found in Novels, Short Stories, Etc.” This edition features twenty-five brand-new translations, commissioned expressly for this volume from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Peter Constantine, Rosamund Bartlett, Michael Henry Heim, among others. Twenty translations have been selected from the published work of such master translators as Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher, Ann Dunnigan, and Ronald Hingley. Seven additional translations are by Constance Garnett, substantially revised by Cathy Popkin. All stories are annotated to clarify unfamiliar material and to point out differences in the translators’ strategies.

"Life and Letters" includes a rich selection of Chekhov’s letters, some in English for the first time, some with previously redacted passages restored, as well as Aileen Kelly’s portrait of Chekhov.

“Criticism” explores the wide range of approaches and interpretations in two sections. “Approaches” juxtaposes five different perspectives on how to read Chekhov, represented by Peter Bitsilli, Alexander Chudakov, Robert Louis Jackson, Vladimir Kataev, and Radislav Lapushin. “Interpretations” contains ten divergent readings of stories in this edition. Case studies include Michael Finke on “At Sea”; Cathy Popkin on “[A Nervous] Breakdown”; Julie de Sherbinin on “Peasant Women”; Liza Knapp on “Ward No. 6”; Robert Louis Jackson on “Rothschild’s Fiddle” and “The Student”; Wolf Schmid on “The Student”; John Freedman on “Man in a Case,” “Gooseberries,” and “About Love”; Caryl Emerson on “A Calamity,” “Anna on the Neck,” “About Love,” and “The Lady with the Little Dog”; and Rufus Mathewson on “The Lady with the Little Dog” and “The Beauties.”

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included, as is a postscript on the translators and their work. A special section, “Comparison Translations,” gives passages from selected stories in multiple translations.

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February 28, 2014
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Anton Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. He graduated from the University of Moscow in 1884. Chekhov died of tuberculosis in Germany on July 14, 1904, shortly after his marriage to actress Olga Knipper, and was buried in Moscow.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company (February 28, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 768 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393925307
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393925302
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 1.7 x 8.5 inches

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (/ˈtʃɛkɔːf, -ɒf/; Russian: Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов, pronounced [ɐnˈton ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕɛxəf]; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theater.Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."

Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a "theatre of mood" and a "submerged life in the text".

Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.

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JM Hopkins

The Best Collection of Chekov Short Stories

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2018

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What can I say? This is one of the finest collections of Anton Chekov short stories anywhere. This is a must for anyone studying the short story form. Chekov was an absolute master. Do yourself a favor and skip all of the rest and buy this edition of Chekov's stories if you are interested in writing short fiction.

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A-Ron

The Writer's Writer

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2015

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While this is easily the most thorough collection of Chekhov's short stories available at a reasonable price, I found the editor's commitment to offering a variety of translations to be a bit disjointed. This is a minor complaint, though. I have no reservations in giving this volume five stars. Chekhov is a master of the short story, and the beauty of his prose manages to emerge in even the weakest translations here. Many of the pieces found in this collection are nothing short of devastating. Chekhov is the godfather of minimalism. There is not a superfluous word to be found in any of his masterpieces. I like to think of Chekhov as the writer's writer. I wouldn't recommend him to everybody, but I will recommend him to anybody who has an interest in the craft of writing.

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elsasol

Power in Small Packages

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2015

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Mini-masterpieces set on Russian soil. Chekhov's stories and short-shorts pack a punch that leaves you reeling. Gloriously written landscape descriptions relieve, at least somewhat, the dark, cruel, nightmarish world view of this master playwright. Not for the faint of heart or the easily depressed. Good commentaries on challenges of translation; notes assume minimal knowledge of anything Russian.

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Skyler Samuelson

Chekov's Selected Stories

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2014

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A must read for anyone interested in Chekhov, Russian literature and/or traditions or simply short stories in general. Popkin has done a marvelous job of pulling together stellar translations of some of Chekhov's best stories, and the Norton Critical Edition is definitely worth the extra few dollars for the richness that it affords. Great selection of interpretations and meditations on Chekhov's life and work-- a beautiful book.

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Leon Golden

Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2014

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This is an excellent collection of important Chekhov stories. The stories are accompanied by two extremely useful supporting appendices:entitled "Criticism" and "Interpretations" with additional supporting material on Chekov's "Life and Letters." There is something of value in this text for readers at all levels of experience and interest in the work of Chekhov from the intelligent novice to the much more advanced student.

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Glynn

Love the stories and critical commentary

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2018

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Love the stories and critical commentary. The binding has not held up at all. Have had to glue it. It's such a thick book, it needs stronger binding.

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Without Binding

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2020

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The book is without a spine that can hold the pages together. So I will have to get it bound. This is not good experience.

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Epet

This is a wonderful collection for ordinary readers and students of Russian literature ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2014

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This is a wonderful collection for ordinary readers and students of Russian literature alike. Excellent combination of Chekhov's texts, commentaries, and interpretive articles. The attention accorded to translating Chekhov is particularly impressive and rewarding.

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