In this collection of nine stories by Anton Chekhov, the author's distaste for the iniquities of class structure are revealed as he returns time and again to the theme of social conflict. His stories underline the tragic dimensions of his characters' lives, afflicted by drink, insanity, greed, lust, religious mania and boredom. This collection follows two previous volumes of Chekhov's short stories in this series, "The Russian Master" and "Ward Number Six".
- ISBN10 0192822098
- ISBN13 9780192822093
- Publish Date December 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 April 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
- Format Paperback
- Pages 298
- Language English