{"product_id":"the-unknown-chekhov-stories-and-other-writings-hitherto-untranslated-paperback","title":"The Unknown Chekhov: Stories and Other Writings Hitherto Untranslated - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Pavlovich Chekhov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAvrahm Yarmolinsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAvrahm Yarmolinsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Unknown Chekhov\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt least a dozen years were to pass [after Anton Chekhov's first short story published in English] before his tales began to gain some attention in the English-speaking world. ... [And yet] when work on the present collection was begun, scores of stories were still inaccessible in English, some of them comparable to those that have become a part of the literary heritage of the west. ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the start of his career [Chekhov] turned out a great deal of copy for the comic papers [that] evidenced a genuine sense of fun, a satiric verve, an eye for revealing details of appearance and behavior, an ear for living speech, signs of that \"talent for humanity,\" compacted of understanding and compassion, which is Chekhov's signature. ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the first, the youthful humorist tried his hand at journalism... These breezy, gossipy, often biting paragraphs--he did not flinch from muckraking--touched on everything, from the unsanitary condition of the tenements to women's fashions. ... Wholly unknown [in English] were Chekhov's journalistic writings, as well as his book on the island of Sakhalin and its penal colony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reader is offered here a selection from all of this material.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnton Chekhov\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1860 in a small town on the Sea of Azov. His plays include \u003ci\u003eIvanov\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlatonov\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the High Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Proposal\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. As he was beginning to gain international recognition as a major dramatist, he suffered two heart attacks and died in Badenweiler, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.54 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762272829728,"sku":"9780374526740","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ceaaf30adb5bdd6323aa77b7e3a1989.webp?v=1780218653","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-unknown-chekhov-stories-and-other-writings-hitherto-untranslated-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}