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

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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Chekhov's short stories hold an irreplaceable position in both Russian literary history and world literary history due to their highly concise lyrical art and the humorous style of brevity with a lingering effect. They have been translated into over one hundred languages and remain bestsellers to this day. Chekhov's short stories are among the most influential foreign literary works in China. Many literary giants, such as Lu Xun, Zhao Jingshen, and Zheng Zhenduo, have translated his works. Classic masterpieces like Vanka, The Cherry Orchard, and The Man in the Iron Mask are widely known in China and have been included in students' textbooks. The newly issued General High School Chinese Curriculum Standards by the Ministry of Education has designated his short stories as mandatory reading for students. Chekhov was a great Russian playwright and short story writer of the late 19th century, an outstanding representative of the Russian Realist literary school, and is known as one of the "Three Kings of Short Story" alongside Guy de Maupassant and O. Henry. Without a doubt, Chekhov's art belongs to the most powerful and outstanding category in European literature. —Thomas Mann
I would trade all of Maupassant's works for one of Chekhov's short stories. —Katharine Mansfield