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The Steppe and Other Stories, 1887-91
Translator - Ronald Wilks
Introduction by - Donald Rayfield
Penguin Classic
Paperback : 25 Oct 2001
£11.99
Synopsis
Written during Chekhov's late 20s and early 30s, these dazzling stories are the work of a young writer in dialogue with his masters: Tolstoy, Gogol and Maupassant. They are stories which deal with good and evil, depicting heroes and villains and monsters with a lightness of touch and a lack of ambiguity which is largely absent from the stories Chekhov wrote following traumatic and defining visit to the penal island of Sakhalin to investigate prison conditions in 1890.Table of contents
Translated with Notes by Ronald Wilks with a New Introduction by Donald RayfieldIntroduction
Further Reading
Chronology
Note on the Text
Patronymics
The Steppe
Panpipes
The Kiss
Verochka
The Name-day Party
A Dreary Story
Gusev
The Duel
Publishing History and Notes
