Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: 52 books

ONE day when she was younger and better-looking, and when her voice was stronger, Nikolay Petrovitch Kolpakov, her adorer, was sitting in the outer room in her summer villa. It was intolerably hot and stifling. Kolpakov, who had just dined and drunk a whole bottle of inferior port, felt ill-humoured...

IVAN LAPKIN, a youth of pleasing exterior, and Anna Zamblitskaya, a girl with a tip-tilted nose, descended the steep river bank and took their seats on a bench at its foot. The bench stood at the water’s edge in a thicket of young willows. It was a lovely spot. Sitting there, one was hidden from all...

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The private office of the Chairman of Directors. On the left is a door, leading into the public department. There are two desks. The furniture aims at a deliberately luxurious effect, with armchairs covered in velvet, flowers, statues, carpets, and a telephone. It is midday. KHIRIN is alone; he wears long felt boots, and is shouting through the door.

AT half-past eight they drove out of the town.

A HOSPITAL assistant, called Yergunov, an empty-headed fellow, known throughout the district as a great braggart and drunkard, was returning one evening in Christmas week from the hamlet of Ryepino, where he had been to make some purchases for the hospital. That he might get home in good time and not...

Fiction Short Stories  

Frau Popow (in tiefer Trauer, sitzt auf dem Sofa rechts, blickt unverwandt eine Photographie an). Luka. Es ist nicht recht, gnädige Frau… Sie richten sich zugrunde. Die Magd und die Köchin sind Beeren suchen gegangen, alles, was atmet, freut sich des Daseins, selbst die Katze versteht sich auf ihr...

Tschubukow. Dann Lomow im Frack und in weißen Handschuhen. Tschubukow (geht ihm zur Begrüßung entgegen). Liebster! Wen sehe ich da! Iwan Wassiljitsch! Höchst erfreut!(Drückt ihm die Hand.) Ist das aber eine Überraschung, mein Gutester… Wie geht es Ihnen? Lomow. Ich danke Ihnen. Und Sie, wie befinden...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic...