Download or read book The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories 1896 1904 written by Anton Chekhov and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2002-08-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature of love outside of marriage - its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as 'Peasants', 'The House with the Mezzanine' and 'My Life' Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. With the works collected here, Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales - developing a broader range of characters and subject matter, while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire such modern short-story writers as Hemingway and Faulkner.

Download or read book The Shape of the Final Dog and Other Stories written by Hampton Fancher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known as the original screenwriter of Blade Runner, author Hampton Fancher makes his debut with this extraordinary collection that bears all of the hallmarks that have made him beloved to film fans. These are stories about people and places that exist just outside our perceptions of space and time: in “Narrowing the Divide,” an escaped lab rat winds up in a philosophical conversation with a man whose wife sleeps in the next room; in “Cargot,” a failed actor is reincarnated as a garden snail and avenges himself with a Hollywood producer’s wife; and in “The Black Weasel,” a washed-up bartender finds an unlikely traveling partner in a slow-witted drifter with a suspicious bankroll. These are also stories about survival and instinct, with elements of the absurd and the sublime. The Shape of the Final Dog is a rare literary work that is mordantly funny, deftly written, and bound to delight and entertain.

Download or read book The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Under Dog and Other Stories written by Agatha Christie and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancÉe is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten recluse makes headlines after he is shot in the head. Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such canny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met—in a triumph of detection.

Download or read book WE KILLED MANGY DOG AND OTHER STORIES written by Luis Bernardo Honwana and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories (1917) is a collection of nine stories by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Recognized today as foundational for the development of the modern short story, Anton Chekhov has transcended Russian literature to become one of the most popular and acclaimed authors in history, in any language. This collection includes “The Lady with the Dog,” a meditative tale of forbidden desire and the frailty of hope described by Vladimir Nabokov as “one of the greatest stories ever written” despite breaking “[a]ll the traditional rules” of storytelling. The title story of the collection follows Dmitri Gurov, a married middle-aged man who falls in love with a young newlywed while on vacation in Yalta. The woman he desires, Anna Sergeyevna, is also unhappy with her marriage, and soon the two spend their days together before Anna decides to go home to her husband. Back in Moscow, Gurov—a man who has had many affairs—finds himself unable to shake the memory of Anna, and longs for the chance to see her once more. In “A Doctor’s Visit,” a young doctor named Korlyov journeys to the home of a recently deceased industrialist, where he has been called to care for the frail heiress Liza. There, he finds himself beset with dark thoughts and even darker visions, and soon discovers that the cure for Liza’s illness may be far beyond his skill. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories is a classic of Russian literature reimagined for modern readers.

Download or read book The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories riverrun editions written by Anton Chekhov and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man and woman fall in love in a seaside town. The only trouble is, they''re both married to other people. A schoolmaster is scandalized by his sweetheart riding a bicycle. A woman falls in love with a series of men, each of whom leave her in different ways. Chekhov''s stories capture Russian provincial life in the late nineteenth century while Garnett''s translations make these classic works feel as vivid as if they were written yesterday. This exclusive selection by New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm is unmissable for the enthusiast and a brilliant introduction for anyone interested in one of the nineteenth century''s greatest writers.

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Download or read book The Tales of Tchehov The lady with the dog and other stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Crime of the Wandering Dog and Other Stories The Brothers Grim Grimy written by Declan Moran and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crime of the Wandering Dog and Other Stories is a collection of illustrated poems by the Brothers Grim and Grimy, the nom the plume of the Irish artist and writer Declan Moran. Tales that stretch from the start to the end of time, and from the top to the very bottom, and from the bottom to the very top again.

Download or read book The Black Dog and Other Stories written by Alfred Edgar Coppard and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Walking the Dog And Other Stories written by Bernard MacLaverty and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996-08-17 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich collection of short stories by one of Ireland's contemporary literary masters. This long-awaited new collection from the noted Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty examines worlds in collision, relationships fragmenting, innocence coming face to face with real life and real death. A Catholic schoolboy playing football has a theological debate with a Protestant policeman; a chess game in Spain is a catalyst for grief and redemption; in the haunting title story a Belfast man out walking his dog is kidnapped at gunpoint. As always, MacLaverty's writing is vivid, exact, and pellucid, his characters perfectly observed, the surface of the prose deceptively still. It is only after we enter the world of the stories that we begin to make out the huge shapes that move there: loss, love, disappointment, fierce joy. This is a powerful, honest, and moving book by one of the great storytellers of our age.

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Download or read book Index to Short Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: