Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

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Fifty-two stories spanning Chekhov’s career.
Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories contains a wide spectrum of classics and new favorites, including “Ward No. 6,” “The Lady with the Little Dog,” “Anna on the Neck,” “The Name-Day Party,” “The Kiss,” An Incident at Law,” and “Elements Most Often Found in Novels, Short Stories, Etc.” This edition features twenty-five brand-new translations, commissioned expressly for this volume from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Peter Constantine, Rosamund Bartlett, Michael Henry Heim, among others. Twenty translations have been selected from the published work of such master translators as Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher, Ann Dunnigan, and Ronald Hingley. Seven additional translations are by Constance Garnett, substantially revised by Cathy Popkin. All stories are annotated to clarify unfamiliar material and to point out differences in the translators’ strategies.

"Life and Letters" includes a rich selection of Chekhov’s letters, some in English for the first time, some with previously redacted passages restored, as well as Aileen Kelly’s portrait of Chekhov.

“Criticism” explores the wide range of approaches and interpretations in two sections. “Approaches” juxtaposes five different perspectives on how to read Chekhov, represented by Peter Bitsilli, Alexander Chudakov, Robert Louis Jackson, Vladimir Kataev, and Radislav Lapushin. “Interpretations” contains ten divergent readings of stories in this edition. Case studies include Michael Finke on “At Sea”; Cathy Popkin on “[A Nervous] Breakdown”; Julie de Sherbinin on “Peasant Women”; Liza Knapp on “Ward No. 6”; Robert Louis Jackson on “Rothschild’s Fiddle” and “The Student”; Wolf Schmid on “The Student”; John Freedman on “Man in a Case,” “Gooseberries,” and “About Love”; Caryl Emerson on “A Calamity,” “Anna on the Neck,” “About Love,” and “The Lady with the Little Dog”; and Rufus Mathewson on “The Lady with the Little Dog” and “The Beauties.”

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included, as is a postscript on the translators and their work. A special section, “Comparison Translations,” gives passages from selected stories in multiple translations.

Language: English

Pages: 688

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Release: February 14, 2014

Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

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Elliot Morris

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Apr 16, 2024

My first intro to him and loved it. I’m always blown away by the ability of people from different lands and times to write down ideas and stories that resonate and ring true.
Blayze Hembree

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Apr 16, 2024

One of the best things I've ever read.
Bbrown

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Apr 16, 2024

First, let me make clear that this Norton Critical Edition edited by Cathy Popkin deserves five stars, easily. Norton Critical Editions are almost always great in terms of including interesting additional material, such as a variety of criticism, but this edition by Popkin goes above-and-beyond by selecting specific translations of the various stories and providing an in-depth analysis of the different translations of Chekhov. It provides a side-by-side comparison of different translations, and
Kenny

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5

Apr 16, 2024

"Misery" in the Norton Critical Edition
John W.

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5

Apr 16, 2024

An excellent edition of Chekhov's stories accompanied by critical essays of varying quality. This edition shows the wide scope of Chekhov's art and how it is different from authors such as Tolstoy. Here the characters of the men and women in the stories are more complex and varied. Also, frequently the stories do not have a conclusion but bring the protagonists to a point where they have to decide how they will continue their life, for example, The Lady with the Little Dog. Also, in Ward No. 6,
Nathan Meyers

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5

Apr 16, 2024

After reading In the Cart, Gooseberries, and The Darling in George Saunders' book on short stories, I wanted more of Chekhov's short stories and turned to this collection. It did not disappoint. It contains 52 of his stories, presented in chronological order covering Chekhov's whole writing career from 1880 to 1903. This makes this collection unique, as many collections focus on certain periods of Chekhov's career given how prolific he was. That said, Chekhov certainly improved his writing with
Elle

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5

Apr 16, 2024

This is a really great collection of stories, and while I am less than impressed by the vast majority of the critical material, the selection of letters was perfect. My only complaint is there could have been more. The extra translation material and commentary was absolutely spectacular to those of us interested in the Russian language and literary translation.

Elliot Morris

(5/5)

Apr 16, 2024

My first intro to him and loved it. I’m always blown away by the ability of people from different lands and times to write down ideas and stories that resonate and ring true.

Blayze Hembree

One of the best things I've ever read.

Bbrown

(3/5)

First, let me make clear that this Norton Critical Edition edited by Cathy Popkin deserves five stars, easily. Norton Critical Editions are almost always great in terms of including interesting additional material, such as a variety of criticism, but this edition by Popkin goes above-and-beyond by selecting specific translations of the various stories and providing an in-depth analysis of the different translations of Chekhov. It provides a side-by-side comparison of different translations, and

Kenny

"Misery" in the Norton Critical Edition

John W.

An excellent edition of Chekhov's stories accompanied by critical essays of varying quality. This edition shows the wide scope of Chekhov's art and how it is different from authors such as Tolstoy. Here the characters of the men and women in the stories are more complex and varied. Also, frequently the stories do not have a conclusion but bring the protagonists to a point where they have to decide how they will continue their life, for example, The Lady with the Little Dog. Also, in Ward No. 6,

Nathan Meyers

After reading In the Cart, Gooseberries, and The Darling in George Saunders' book on short stories, I wanted more of Chekhov's short stories and turned to this collection. It did not disappoint. It contains 52 of his stories, presented in chronological order covering Chekhov's whole writing career from 1880 to 1903. This makes this collection unique, as many collections focus on certain periods of Chekhov's career given how prolific he was. That said, Chekhov certainly improved his writing with

Elle

(4/5)

This is a really great collection of stories, and while I am less than impressed by the vast majority of the critical material, the selection of letters was perfect. My only complaint is there could have been more. The extra translation material and commentary was absolutely spectacular to those of us interested in the Russian language and literary translation.

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Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

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