Selected Stories/Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories.
He constructs stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly,
and which leave much to the reader's imagination. This collection contains some
of the most important of his earliest and shortest comic sketches, as well as examples
of his great, mature works.

Throughout, the doctor-turned-writer displays compassion for human
suffering and misfortune, but is always able to see the comical, even farcical aspects
of the human condition.