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The first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal, `The Steppe', with its masterly account of a spectacular thunderstorm, signifies his maturation as a writer of short stories. While the majority of his tales focus on the privileged classes, this selection shows that Chekhov never forgot his origins as the son of a failed provincial grocer, and characters as varied as the brutal soldier in `Gusev', the downtrodden old constable in `On Official Business', and the bemused peasants in `New Villa' testify to the power and flexibility of his art.
The Steppe
An Awkward Business
The Beauties
The Cobbler and the Devil
The Bet
Thieves
Gusev
Peasant Woman
In Exile
Rothschild's Fiddle
The Student
The Head Gardener's Story
Patch
The Savage
In the Cart
New Villa
On Official Business
At Christmas
Fragment
The Story of a Commercial Venture
From a Retired Teacher's Notebook
A Fishy Affair
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The first of Chekhov's works to be published in a serious literary journal, `The Steppe', with its masterly account of a spectacular thunderstorm, signifies his maturation as a writer of short stories. While the majority of his tales focus on the privileged classes, this selection shows that Chekhov never forgot his origins as the son of a failed provincial grocer, and characters as varied as the brutal soldier in `Gusev', the downtrodden old constable in `On Official Business', and the bemused peasants in `New Villa' testify to the power and flexibility of his art.
