Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

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playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. He wrote hundreds of short stories, one novel, and seven full-length plays.

Plays

Four-act plays

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'' (''Иванов'', 1887)—a play in four acts *'' The Wood Demon'' (''Леший'', 1889)—a comedy in four acts; eight years after the play was published Chekhov returned to the work and extensively revised it into ''

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'' (''Чайка'', 1896)—a comedy in four acts *''

'' (''Дядя Ваня'', 1897)—scenes from country life in four acts; based on ''The Wood Demon'' *'' Three Sisters'' (''Три сестры'', 1901)—a drama in four acts *''

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'' (''Вишнёвый сад'', 1904)—a comedy in four acts

One-act plays

*''On the High Road'' (На большой дороге, 1884)—a dramatic study in one act *''

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco ''On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco'' () is a one-act play by Anton Chekhov. It has one character, Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin. First published in 1886, the play was revised by Chekhov and is best known from his 1902 version. This was first published ...

'' (''О вреде табака''; 1886, 1902)—a monologue in one act *'' Swansong'' (''Лебединая песня'', 1887)—a dramatic study in one act *'' The Bear'' or ''The Boor'' (''Медведь'', 1888)—a farce in one act *''

A Marriage Proposal ''A Marriage Proposal '' (sometimes translated as simply ''The Proposal'', ) is a one-act farce by Anton Chekhov, written in 1888–1889 and first performed in 1890. It is a fast-paced play of dialogue-based action and situational humour. A you ...

'' (''Предложение'', c. 1889)—a farce in one act *''

A Tragedian in Spite of Himself ''A Tragedian in Spite of Himself'' , also known as ''A Reluctant Tragic Hero'') is an 1889 one-act play by Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, ...

'' or ''A Reluctant Tragic Hero'' (''Трагик поневоле'', 1889)—a farce in one act *'' The Wedding'' (''Свадьба'', 1889)—a play in one act *'' Tatiana Repina'' (''Татьяна Репина'', 1889)—a drama in one act *''The Night before the Trial'' (''Ночь перед судом'', the 1890s)—a play in one act; sometimes considered unfinished *'' The Festivities'' or ''The Anniversary'' (''Юбилей'', 1891)—a farce in one act

Dialogues and parodies

*''The Fool, or The Retired Sea Captain'' (''Дура, или Капитан в отставке'', 1883) *''Unclean Tragedians and Leprous Playwrights'' (''Нечистые трагики и прокажённые драматурги'', 1884) *''A Young Man'' (''Молодой человек'', 1884) *''An Ideal Examination'' (''Идеальный экзамен'', 1884) *''Chaos-Vile in Rome'' (''Кавардак в Риме'', 1884) *''A Mouth as Big as All Outdoors'' (''Язык до Киева доведет'', 1884) *''Honorable Townsfolk'' (''Господа обыватели'', 1884) *''At the Sickbed'' (''У постели больного'', 1884) *''The Case of the Year 1884'' (''Дело о 1884 годе'', 1885) *''A Drama'' (''Драма'', 1886) *''In the Spring: Cat's Monologue'' (''Весной: Сцена-монолог'', 1887) *''Before the Eclipse'' (''Перед затмением'', 1887) *''A Forced Declaration'' (''Вынужденное заявление'', 1888)

Novel

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'' (Драма на охоте, 1884)

Novellas

*''The Unnecessary Victory'' ( Ненужная победа, 1882) *'' The Steppe'' (Степь, 1888) *'' The Duel'' (Дуэль, 1891) *'' The Story of an Unknown Man'' (Рассказ неизвестного человека, 1893) *'' Three Years'' (Три года, 1895) *'' My Life'' (Моя жизнь, 1896)

Novelettes

*''Late-Blooming Flowers'' ( Цветы запоздалые, 1882) *''A Living Chattel'' ( Живой товар, 1882) *''Lights'' ( Огни, 1888) *''The Party'' ( Именины, 1888) *'' A Dreary Story'' (Скучная история, 1889) *''

Ward No. 6 "Ward No. 6" () is an 1892 novella by Anton Chekhov. Publication The story was first published in the No.11, November 1892 issue of '' Russkaya Mysl''. Divided into chapters and with minor edits it was included into the 1893 collection called '' ...

'' (Палата No. 6, 1892) *''The Wife'' ( Жена, 1892) *''

The Black Monk "The Black Monk" () is a short story by Anton Chekhov, written in 1893 while Chekhov was living in the village of Melikhovo. It was first published in 1894 in '' The Artist'', one of the leading Russian magazines on theater and music in the last ...

'' (Чёрный монах, 1894) *''A Woman's Kingdom'' ( Бабье царство, 1894) *''Murder'' ( Убийство, 1895) *''

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'' (Мужики, 1897) *'' In the Ravine'' (В овраге, 1900)

Short-story collections

Collections of his stories that Chekhov prepared and published, or, in the case of ''The Prank'', attempted to publish.

''The Prank'' (Шалость, 1882)

''The Tales of Melpomene'' (Сказки Мельпомены, 1884)

''Motley Stories'' (Пёстрые рассказы, 1886)

''In the Twilight'' (В сумерках, 1887)

''Innocent Speeches'' (Невинные речи, 1887)

''Stories'' (Рассказы, 1888)

''Children'' (Детвора, 1889)

''Gloomy People'' (Хмурые люди, 1890)

''Ward No. 6'' (Палата № 6, 1893)

''Novellas and Stories'' (Повести и рассказы, 1894)

''Peasants and My Life'' (Мужики и Моя жизнь, 1897)

''Stories'' (Рассказы, 1901)

Short stories

Chekhov wrote over 500 short stories, some left unfinished. Much of his early work was published in comic periodicals, in the form of quips, topical writing, cartoon captions and sketches. As such, not all publications fit the definition of a short story.“CHEKHOV’S INFLUENCE ON OUR GENERATION (1860 - 1960).” В Помощь Преподавателю Русского Языка в Америке / A Guide to Teachers of the Russian Language in America, vol. 14, no. 54, 1960, pp. 25–32. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44827915. Accessed 28 June 2024.

Other humorous writing

Nonfiction

*''Fragments of Moscow Life'' (1883-1885) *''The Case of Rykov and Company'' (1884) *''A Journey to Sakhalin'' (1895), including: **''

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'' (1891–1895) **''Across Siberia''

Letters

(In English translation.) *''Letters of Anton Tchehov to His Family and Friends: With a Biographical Sketch''. Translated by Constance Garnett. New York. 1920
Internet Archive on-line edition.
*''Letters on the Short Story, the Drama, and Other Literary Topics, by Anton Chekhov''. Selected and Edited by Louis S. Friedland. London. 1924. *''The Letters of Anton Pavolvitch Tchekhov to Olga Leonardovna Knipper''. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. New York. *''The Life and Letters of Anton Tchekov''. Translated and Edited by S.S. Koteliansky and Philip Tomlinson. New York. 1925. *''The Personal Papers of Anton Chekhov''. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. New York. 1948. *''The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov''. Edited by Lillian Hellman and translated by Sidonie Lederer. New York. 1955. . *''DEAR WRITER, DEAR ACTRESS: The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper''. Ecco, 1997, . *''Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary''. Translated by Simon Karlinsky, Michael Henry Heim, Northwestern University Press, 1997, . *''A Life in Letters''. Translated by Rosamund Bartlett,

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Notebooks

*''Note-Book of Anton Chekhov''. Translated by S. S. Koteliansky, Leonard Woolf, New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1921
Internet Archive on-line edition.

Selected English-language compilations of stories

* ''The Darling and Other Stories'', trans.

Constance Garnett Constance Clara Garnett (; 19 December 1861 – 17 December 1946) was an English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature. She was the first English translator to render numerous volumes of Anton Chekhov's work into English and the ...

(1916) * ''The Duel and Other Stories'', trans. Constance Garnett (1916) * ''The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories'', trans. Constance Garnett (1917) * ''The Party and Other Stories'', trans. Constance Garnett (1917) * ''The Wife and Other Stories'', trans. Constance Garnett (1918) * ''The Witch and Other Stories'', trans. Constance Garnett (1918) * ''The Bishop and Other Stories'', trans. Constance Garnett (1919) * ''The Chorus Girl and Other Stories'', trans. Constance Garnett (1920) * ''Ward Number Six and Other Stories'', trans.

Ronald Hingley Ronald Francis Hingley (26 April 1920 in Edinburgh – 23 January 2010) was an English scholar, translator and historian of Russia, specializing in Russian history and literature. Hingley was the translator and editor of the nine-volume collectio ...

(Oxford, 1965) * ''The Russian Master and Other Stories'', trans. Ronald Hingley (Oxford, 1984) * ''The Steppe and Other Stories'', trans. Ronald Hingley (Oxford, 1991) * ''Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov'', trans.

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(2000) * ''The Complete Short Novels'', trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (2000) * ''The Steppe and Other Stories, 1887-1891'', trans. Ronald Wilks (Penguin, 2001) * ''Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895'', trans. Ronald Wilks (Penguin, 2002) * ''The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904'', trans. Ronald Wilks (Penguin, 2002) * ''Seven Short Novels'', trans. Barbara Norman Makanowitzky (Norton, 2003) * ''About Love and Other Stories'', trans. Rosamund Bartlett (Oxford, 2004) * ''Fifty-Two Stories'', trans.

(Knopf 2020)

Notes

References

Entirely in Russian
*''The Undiscovered Chekhov: Fifty-One Newly Translated Stories'', translated by Peter Constantine, foreword by Spalding Gray, UK (Duckbacks) edition, 2002: . NB: This collection seems to expand with each new edition *''The Unknown Chekhov: Stories and Other Writings Hitherto Unpublished'', translated by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, 1954 *''The Prank: The Best of Young Chekhov'', translated by Maria Bloshteyn, New York (NYRB) edition, 2015: *Chekhov, A. (2016). Little Apples: And Other Early Stories. United States: Seven Stories Press.

External links

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Five short stories by Chekhov adapted for the stage

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Retrieved 17 February 2007. * *

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