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The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904

Anton Chekhov,

Ronald Wilks (Editor)

Start date: January 1, 2020

Finish date: January 31, 2020

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Jan 31, 2018 Sara rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: breakfast-club, short-stories-novellas

I did not read the entire collection, only the title story.

A rather droll little story of an illicit love affair and the ease with which a person can find his life changed.

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Jan 02, 2020 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, short-stories, read-in-2020, european, russian-lit

Although I do love the darkness in Russian literature, I am not a big fan of short stories and this collection was no different. The stories are dramatic, sad and filled with hateful characters. Chekov's writing is meticulous in its descriptions of place and depicts daily life very well. I believe that Chekov had a very good understanding of the lives people led in his country at the time.

My favorite story was An Upheaval which told the story of a young governess who must allow her room to be se ...more

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