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The Beauties : Essential Stories - 9781805330301

The Beauties : Essential Stories

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Author: Chekhov, Anton

Short stories

Published on 30 November 2023 by Pushkin Press (Pushkin Press Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Pushkin Press Classics' series.

Paperback | 224 pages
197 x 128 x 19 | 202g

The essential edition of the greatest stories by the Russian master of the formChekhov was without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its untidy complexity. His short stories, written throughout his life and newly translated for this essential collection, are exquisite masterpieces in miniature.

Here are tales offering a glimpse of beauty, the memory of a mistaken kiss, daydreams of adultery, a lifetime of marital neglect, the frailty of life, the inevitability of death, and the hilarious pomposity of ordinary men and women. They range from the lighthearted comic tales of his early years to some of the most achingly profound stories ever composed.