[Pocket Edition] World Literature Masterpieces Collection - Selected Short Stories by Chekhov

Author: (Russia) Chekhov
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Chekhov's short stories hold an irreplaceable position in both Russian literary history and world literary history, renowned for their highly concise lyrical art and witty, yet profound humor. Translated into over one hundred languages, they remain bestsellers to this day. Chekhov's short stories are among the most influential foreign literary works in China, with many literary giants such as Lu Xun, Zhao Jingshen, and Zheng Zhenduo having translated his works. Classic masterpieces like Vanka, The Cherry Orchard, and The Man in the Iron Mask are widely celebrated in China and have been included in students' textbooks. The newly issued General High School Chinese Curriculum Standards by the Ministry of Education designate his short stories as mandatory reading for students. Chekhov was a great playwright and short story writer of late 19th-century Russia, an outstanding representative of the Russian Realist literary movement, and is hailed alongside Guy de Maupassant and O. Henry as the "Three Kings of the Short Story." Without a doubt, Chekhov's artistry belongs to the most powerful and exceptional category in European literature. —Thomas Mann
I would trade all of Maupassant's works for one of Chekhov's short stories. —Katharine Mansfield