The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Vol. 2: 1886

A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov’s stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and their vast number. Raymond Carver once said, “It is not only the immense number of stories he wrote—for few, if any, writers have ever done more—it is the awesome frequency with which he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.”

In The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Volume 2: 1886, Blackstone has compiled fifty-five of Chekhov’s short stories:

Art

A Blunder

Children

Misery

An Upheaval

An Actor’s End

The Requiem

Anyuta

Ivan Matveyitch

The Witch

A Story without an End

A Joke

Agafya

A Nightmare

Grisha

Love

Easter Eve

Ladies

Strong Impressions

A Gentleman Friend

A Happy Man

The Privy Councillor

A Day in the Country

At a Summer Villa

Panic Fears

The Chemist’s Wife

Not Wanted

The Chorus Girl

The Schoolmaster

A Troublesome Visitor

The Husband

A Misfortune

A Pink Stocking

Martyrs

The First-Class Passenger

Talent

The Dependents

The Jeune Premier

In the Dark

A Trivial Incident

A Tripping Tongue

A Trifle from Life

Difficult People

In the Court

A Peculiar Man

Mire

Dreams

Hush!

Excellent People

An Incident

The Orator

A Work of Art

Who Was to Blame?

Vanka

On the Road