| Includes "The Black Monk" — a tale of a man who blissfully chats with the vision of a wise, mysterious monk — and "The Kiss," "The Helpmate," and "Expensive Lessons."
With amazing insight, Anton CHekov wrote of the lives of the Russian common man as well as the landowner. He established the style of the modern shot story and influenced many great wrtiers, including George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf. Presented here are eleven of his best works. |