In a dilapidated and isolated old house, something peculiar seems to happen whenever the town's bestial exterminator visits. On a seemingly bucolic country estate, the head of the household is a living corpse obsessed with other corpses. An adolescent boy who passes his days in private dream worlds
The Shoemaker And The Devil and Other Short Stories
โ Scribed by Anton Chekhov
- Book ID
- 110935387
- Publisher
- Otbebookpublishing
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Series
- Classics to Go
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9783956762468
- ASIN
- B00SBZXCPG
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." This collection of ten of his best short stories include:
- The Shoemaker And The Devil
- The Steppe
- The Student
- The Swedish Match
- The Teacher Of Literature
- The Trousseau
- The Two Volodyas
- The Wife
- The Witch
- Three Years
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