{"product_id":"the-complete-short-novels-of-anton-chekhov","title":"The Complete Short Novels of Anton Chekhov","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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Duel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47226423738608,"sku":"9781400040490","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/Screenshot2025-02-14at4.04.36PM.png?v=1739570683","url":"https:\/\/shop.landmarkbooksellers.com\/products\/the-complete-short-novels-of-anton-chekhov","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}