If the theme underlying the tales is the same -- the comedy and tragedy of human weakness -- the etching is different in each: now astringent, almost scientific, bitter at times, mordant, and wildly funny. The translator's introduction provides an excellent review of Chekhov's life.
- ISBN10 0838678904
- ISBN13 9780838678909
- Publish Date 31 August 1975
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 17 March 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Associated University Presses
- Imprint Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 168
- Language English