Description

The collection includes sixty-one humorous stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, including such famous works as Daughter of Albion, The Malefactor, Fat and Thin and The Swedish Match. All works in the collection are illustrated with drawings by the talented Czech artist Frantisek Zenisek, who lived and worked at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Table of contents

Romance With a Double Bass
A Daughter of Albion
The Burbot
The Exclamation Mark
The Captain’s Uniform
The Thinker
Bad Weather
The Drunkards
On The Harmfulness of Tobacco
The Malefactor
On The Eve of The Fast
The Tragician Sergeant Prishibeyev
Out of The Frying Pan into The Fire
The Triumph of The Victor
The Writer
The Crow
Dear Lessons
Perpetuum Mobile
The Cook Is Marrying
Abolished!
Fermentation of Minds
In The Bathhouse
The Siren
Reading
The Pharmacist’s Wife
The Tutor
The Shammers
In The Dark
A Remedy for Drunk-Driving
An Examination for Rank
Female Happiness
The Album
A Night Before The Trial
The Father of The Family
Life’s Hardships
An Incident With A Classic
A Good End
The Local Philistines
Intrigues
The Husband
Grisha
The Uncommon Man
Superfluous People
In a Foreign Land
The Murder Will Out
A Work of Art
Sleepy Stupor
The Avenger
A Terrible Night
Fat And Thin
The Orator
Dacha Dwellers
The Lucky Item
A Dear Dog
Out Of Humor
Proper Measures
First Aid
The Last of The Mohicans
At The Post Office
The Swedish Match

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