
The Woman in the Case
Newly translated and Annotated
Anton Chekhov(Author)
Alma Classics (Publisher)
Published on 25. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84749-475-7 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of lesser-known early short fiction - ranging from absurd humorous sketches to psychological dramas and tragic tales - demonstrates Anton Chekhov's mastery of the genre, with stories about marital infidelity, betrayal, deception and love in its various forms.
Although varying in tone and purpose, what these tales have in common is a profound and subtle understanding of the human condition, in its farcical and melancholy aspects, couched in Chekhov's trademark minimalist style.
Although varying in tone and purpose, what these tales have in common is a profound and subtle understanding of the human condition, in its farcical and melancholy aspects, couched in Chekhov's trademark minimalist style.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Richmond
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Alma Books Ltd
Illustrations
b/w
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84749-475-7 (9781847494757)
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Anton Chekhov
The Woman in the Case
Book
01/2009
Alma Classics
€12.95
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Persons
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) is one of the giants of modern literature, exerting a strong influence on many present-day novelists and dramatists. As a playwright, he ranks in popularity second only to Shakespeare in the English-speaking world. As a prose writer, he was one of the first to use the stream-of-consciousness technique, and his anti-heroic realism, full of ambiguity and allusion, provides no easy moral conclusions and results in a new kind of narrative approaching real life in a way no writer had achieved before him.
Content
Contains: The Woman in the Case, A Visit to Friends, Appropriate Measures, The Boa-Constrictor and the Rabbit, History of aBusiness Enterprise, 75,000, The Mask, An Unpleasant Incident, The Eve of the Trial, Sinister Night, The Lodger, The Dream, Out of Sheer Boredom, A Disagreeable Experience, His First Appearance, Holy Simplicity, The Diplomat, Mutual Superiority, Taedium Vitae, Other People's Trouble, A Reporter's Dream, One Man's Meat, The Guest, Wife for Sale