The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Vol. 2: 1886

A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov’s stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and their vast number. Raymond Carver once said, “It is not only the immense number of stories he wrote—for few, if any, writers have ever done more—it is the awesome frequency with which he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.” In The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Volume 2: 1886, Blackstone has compiled fifty-five of Chekhov’s short stories: Art A Blunder Children Misery An Upheaval An Actor’s End The Requiem Anyuta Ivan Matveyitch The Witch A Story without an End A Joke Agafya A Nightmare Grisha Love Easter Eve Ladies Strong Impressions A Gentleman Friend A Happy Man The Privy Councillor A Day in the Country At a Summer Villa Panic Fears The Chemist’s Wife Not Wanted The Chorus Girl The Schoolmaster A Troublesome Visitor The Husband A Misfortune A Pink Stocking Martyrs The First-Class Passenger Talent The Dependents The Jeune Premier In the Dark A Trivial Incident A Tripping Tongue A Trifle from Life Difficult People In the Court A Peculiar Man Mire Dreams Hush! Excellent People An Incident The Orator A Work of Art Who Was to Blame? Vanka On the Road