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1.Stories of Anton ChekhovStories of Anton Chekhov
from Bantam
Price: $10.40

Customer Review:
A true master of the form of the short story, this collection of stories illustrates the full depth of Chekov's range of subjects and characters: serfs, bishops, doctors, merchants, coroners, in the country, city, and in between. There seems to have been no area of Russia where Chekov did not have... more info

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2.The Complete Short NovelsThe Complete Short Novels
from Vintage
Price: $10.85

Customer Review:
Checkov is considered the master of the short stories, but I prefer to think of him as the master of GRAYNESS. The stories have a gloomy, dark perspective that may leave one in quite a depressing mood.
Is it because of the long, cold, windy Russian winters that blow outside ? Or is it because... more info

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3.Anton Chekhov s Short Stories (Norton Critical Editions)Anton Chekhov's Short Stories (Norton Critical Editions)
from W. W. Norton
Price: $11.25

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Chekhov may well be the best short story writer to put pen to paper. His stories demonstrate a tight, crisp, and unadorned revelation of character. His charactives act, yearning and struggling to define themselves without authorial intrusion. They're laid bare by life, as we all are. Many stories... more info

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4.The Complete PlaysThe Complete Plays
from W. W. Norton
Price: $15.61

Customer Review:
I had to get this boook for an acting class because the professor (who is Russian) wanted to use a translation other than the more well known Paul Schmidt complete works.
While I like Paul's for a very American translation accessible more to American Actors and audiences, there is admitedly... more info

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5.Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard (Oxford World s Classics)Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard (Oxford World's Classics)
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $8.95

Customer Review:
Although I only bought this edition because I needed for a class and the School bookstore was sold out, why not write a review? After all, Amazon.com asked me to...
Since I only read the "Cherry Orchard", I'll focus on that. The play concerns an old aristocratic family who is facing the... more info

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6.The Complete Short Novels (Everyman s Library)The Complete Short Novels (Everyman's Library)
from Everyman's Library
Price: $15.64

Customer Review:
There is nothing more aesthetically pleasing than to surrender to the artifice of a master. One is deeply comforted in reading this collection of well-translated works. Chekhov reproduces human perception and experience with brilliant precision and insight. His deeply felt compassion and empathy... more info

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7.Great Russian Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)Great Russian Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
from Dover Publications
Price: $3.50

Customer Review:
'Dover Editions' do not provide the frills. We do not get a real introduction to the stories, to the Russian story in particular. We do not get notes on the stories. And we do not even get the names of the translators.
But we do get some of the finest of all Russian stories. These include... more info

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8.[no image]Three Years
from Tark Classic Fiction
Price: $6.99

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9.How to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and WorkHow to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and Work
from Da Capo Press
Price: $10.92

Customer Review:
I had this one on my wish list because I found the concept intriguing. I found the excerpts of Chekov's letters and other writings to be dull, verbose translations and more to the point, their application to specific aspects of the writing craft were either tenuous, confusing, or non-existent. This... more info

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10.The Cherry OrchardThe Cherry Orchard
from Grove Press
Price: $11.20

Customer Review:
This, Chekov's last play, is the story of Madame Ranyevskaya's family, which lost its wealth, and an estate that included a cherry orchard. The subtext carries the story and is about how not to deal with existentialist stasis -- a state of being immobilized by the fear of change, and the complexity... more info

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11.The Seagull (Methuen Drama)The Seagull (Methuen Drama)
from A&C Black
Price: $10.53

Customer Review:
Oh tormented people. One may read `The Seagull' and wonder what's that all those things about death and killing, and failing love stories. So sad! But in Chekov's world this is a comedy, and it doesn't take too much to get why. It is indeed funny in some parts-- well, not the kind of funny we are... more info

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12.The Plays of Anton ChekhovThe Plays of Anton Chekhov
from Digireads.com
Price: $12.95

Customer Review:
It neither surprises nor pleases me to learn that this is the current actor's standard for Chekhov translations in America. I bought this as a text for an acting class, and I kept it because Chekhov was a great writer and no translator can change that. However, the plays collected in this volume... more info

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13.Chekhov: The Four Major Plays: Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, Cherry OrchardChekhov: The Four Major Plays: Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, Cherry Orchard
from Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Price: $12.76

Customer Review:
I've been reading and studying these plays for years now, and have read through and worked out of numerous different translations. Curt Columbus' versions of these four mighty plays are exceedingly well done. They are eminently actable and highly accessible to a modern audience. Yes, he does make... more info

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14.The Major Plays (Signet Classics)The Major Plays (Signet Classics)
from Signet Classics
Price: $6.95

Customer Review:
Anton Chekhov had a strange idea of comedy.
His famous play "The Sea Gull" begins with a character dressed in black who declares: "I am in mourning for my life" and ends with a suicide. His other self-proclaimed "comedy" in this collection, "The Cherry Orchard", presents characters in such... more info

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15.Five Comic One-Act Plays (Dover Thrift Editions)Five Comic One-Act Plays (Dover Thrift Editions)
from Dover Publications
Price: $3.00

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16.Chekhov: The Essential Plays (Modern Library Classics)Chekhov: The Essential Plays (Modern Library Classics)
from Modern Library
Price: $8.95

Customer Review:
Dr. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was the first major Russian writer who was not an aristocrat. His grandfather had been a serf. Chekhov was a brilliant genius of classic short stories and plays. In this Modern Library edition his four most famous plays are translated into English.
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17.The Three SistersThe Three Sisters
from Grove Press
Price: $10.40

Customer Review:
I recently went to a reading of this play by a theatre group here in Philadelphia that I really enjoy. Although I could write a very positive review of their reading, I'll try and focus on the writing itself. This play presents a masterful peek into societal life for three sisters living in a... more info

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18.A Life in Letters (Penguin Classics)A Life in Letters (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $12.00

Customer Review:
While the current review is lovely, it's quite wordy for my attention span--I am sure some share my sentiments. Simply put: buy this publication if you like Anton Chekhov. The editor's autobiography and narrative is comprehensive, readable and not at all boring--the included maps are a nice touch... more info

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19.[no image]Uncle Vanya
from Samuel French Inc Plays
Price: $7.95

Customer Review:
Enjoyed this adaptation by David Mamet very much. It arrived very quickly which was surely appreciated. Thank you.

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20.Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (Penguin Classics)Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $8.80

Customer Review:
I'd long heard that Russian writer Anton Chekhov had written short stories, but like most people it was on the strength of his plays, those intense little mood pieces, that I knew him best. Granted, I thought the plays uniformly strong, and considered him of a stature near that of a Tennessee... more info

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21.A Night in the Cemetery: And Other Stories of Crime and SuspenseA Night in the Cemetery: And Other Stories of Crime and Suspense
from Pegasus
Price: $15.23

Customer Review:
I bought this collection because I love five of Chekhov's full length plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. The title of these short stories seemed intriguing and promising to me. However, the writing, at least in this translation, is subpar, and were... more info

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22.Selected Stories (Signet Classics)Selected Stories (Signet Classics)
from Signet Classics
Price: $6.95

Customer Review:
A great collection of Chekhov's representative stories. Provides even more depth than the Russian Classics book for those who want to go deeper into Chekhov's intellect. Notes about each story provide helpful background information and a history of the story's origin.

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23.Forty StoriesForty Stories
from Vintage
Price: $11.96

Customer Review:
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) has long been acknowledged as one of Russia's greatest playwrights and short story authors, a man whose expressiveness with the pen stemmed, in great part, from the hardship of his childhood experiences and, later in life, his vast globetrotting wanderings. Chekhov's family... more info

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24.The Portable Chekhov (Viking Portable Library)The Portable Chekhov (Viking Portable Library)
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $12.24

Customer Review:
This compilation includes 29 stories (or plays). Of these, I felt the following were the best:
The Privy Councillor
An Encounter
The Letter
The Kiss
An Attack of Nerves
Anna on the Neck
At Home
The book includes some of Chekhov's more obscure short... more info

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25.[no image]Plays by Anton Chekhov
from Broadway Play Pub
Price: $14.95

Customer Review:
Plays in general have a tendency to be overly-dramatic. Thus the name "drama". Chekhov definitely used this drama aspect to enhance his plays. He succeeded with some, making them dramatic, awe-inspiring, and amazing. Others? Less so.
I enjoyed reading all of these plays, and I won't deny that.... more info

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26.A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire (Penguin Great Journeys)A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire (Penguin Great Journeys)
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $8.50

Customer Review:
The Penguin version of Anton Chekhov's journey to the tsarist penal colony on Sakhalin Island is very worthwhile and certainly would be recommended by myself. The only issue I have with it is that reading it makes you want to read the actual, full length work by Chekhov, not just these excerpts. You... more info

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27.Tales of Chekhov (13 Volume Set)Tales of Chekhov (13 Volume Set)
from Ecco
Price: $117.67

Customer Review:

I started reading the Russian writers--Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Turgenev, Gogol, and Chekhov--in the mid-1960s with Anton Chekhov becoming my favorite of all. Anyone developing an appreciation of Chekhov's writings will be overjoyed with this astounding boxed set of 13 books.
I've... more info

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28.Best Russian Short Stories, with active table of contents. Improved 5 17 2008Best Russian Short Stories, with active table of contents. Improved 5/17/2008
from B&R Samizdat Express
Price: $0.99

Customer Review:
This is a terrible example of a Kindle book. You cannot access chapters or specific stories without paging through the ENTIRE book page by page by page by page until you find what you are looking for. It is utterly useless. Only 99 cents and I'm going to be asking for my money back. Don't waste your... more info

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29.Five Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)Five Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
from Dover Publications
Price: $3.50

Customer Review:
Chekhov's writing shines in this collection. The stories are nice and short--easy to read when you have 15-20 minutes to spare. If you like these, I recommend you read some of his short novels and of course, his four excellent plays.

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30.Six Great Modern PlaysSix Great Modern Plays
from Dell
Price: $7.50

Customer Review:
This is a "must have" if you like to read plays! Great for a book group since the price is right!!

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