{"product_id":"the-complete-short-novels-of-anton-chekhov-introduction-by-richard-pevear-9781400040490","title":"The Complete Short Novels of Anton Chekhov: Introduction by Richard Pevear","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels-here brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Steppe\u003c\/i\u003e--the most lyrical of the five--is an account of a nine-year-old boy's frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia. \u003ci\u003eThe Duel \u003c\/i\u003esets two decadent figures--a fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibility--on a collision course that ends in a series of surprising reversals. In \u003ci\u003eThe Story of an Unknown Man\u003c\/i\u003e, a political radical spying on an important official by serving as valet to his son gradually discovers that his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. \u003ci\u003eThree Years\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant. In \u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in a brief apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhov's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anton Chekhov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 5.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400040490","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46428548890761,"sku":"9781400040490","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_192ce185-1ac0-4838-bb75-b2fc9b01baa6.jpg?v=1778012066","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-complete-short-novels-of-anton-chekhov-introduction-by-richard-pevear-9781400040490","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}