anton chekhov books

These editions are available in paperback and hardcover formats.

Page counts vary across editions, ranging from about 176 pages up to approximately 600 pages.

The earliest-stories volume is arranged chronologically and presented as a complete annotated translation of 58 stories produced by a collaborative translators’ project, with explanatory notes placed at the bottom of pages.

The play edition presents complete English texts of Chekhov’s major plays in new translations, restores passages omitted in earlier translations, and aims to convey his lyricism, humor, and pathos.

The volume gathers five works long enough to be called short novels; the edition shown is about 600 pages long.