A night in the cemetery : and other stories of crime & suspense /
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
A night in the cemetery : and other stories of crime & suspense / Anton Chekhov ; translated by Peter Sekirin - First Pegasus Books edition - xii, 321 pages ; 22 cm
A night at the cemetery -- What you usually find in novels -- The Swedish match -- A night of horror -- Willow -- A thief -- The only way out -- An expensive dog -- Curved mirror -- A court case -- The brother : a slice of life -- A confession -- In the darkness of the night -- The intentional deception -- On the sea : a sailor's story -- Ivan the cabman -- Perpetual mobile -- Evildoer -- Death of an office worker -- 75 grand -- At the cemetery -- The conversation of a man with a dog -- The wallet -- A dead body -- Too much talking! -- Conversation of a drunken man with a sober devil -- Psychopaths -- Assignment -- Fire in the steppe : an evil night -- Ignoramus -- Task -- Dreams -- A crime : a double murder case -- Drama -- An ambulance -- Bad business -- Misfortune -- The man who wanted revenge -- Thieves -- Murder -- Criminal investigator -- The drama at the hunt
The English-language debut of Anton Chekhov's first collection of mystery and suspense tales. Considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Anton Chekhov actually began his literary career as a crime and mystery writer. Scattered throughout periodicals and literary journals from 1880-1890, Peter Sekirin brings together these psychological suspense stories in a premier collection that provides a fresh look into Chekhov's literary heritage and his formative years as a writer
1933648864 9781933648866
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 --Translations into English
Short stories, Russian--Translations into English
Suspense fiction.
Short stories.
PG3456.A13 / S45 2008
891.733 22
A night in the cemetery : and other stories of crime & suspense / Anton Chekhov ; translated by Peter Sekirin - First Pegasus Books edition - xii, 321 pages ; 22 cm
A night at the cemetery -- What you usually find in novels -- The Swedish match -- A night of horror -- Willow -- A thief -- The only way out -- An expensive dog -- Curved mirror -- A court case -- The brother : a slice of life -- A confession -- In the darkness of the night -- The intentional deception -- On the sea : a sailor's story -- Ivan the cabman -- Perpetual mobile -- Evildoer -- Death of an office worker -- 75 grand -- At the cemetery -- The conversation of a man with a dog -- The wallet -- A dead body -- Too much talking! -- Conversation of a drunken man with a sober devil -- Psychopaths -- Assignment -- Fire in the steppe : an evil night -- Ignoramus -- Task -- Dreams -- A crime : a double murder case -- Drama -- An ambulance -- Bad business -- Misfortune -- The man who wanted revenge -- Thieves -- Murder -- Criminal investigator -- The drama at the hunt
The English-language debut of Anton Chekhov's first collection of mystery and suspense tales. Considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Anton Chekhov actually began his literary career as a crime and mystery writer. Scattered throughout periodicals and literary journals from 1880-1890, Peter Sekirin brings together these psychological suspense stories in a premier collection that provides a fresh look into Chekhov's literary heritage and his formative years as a writer
1933648864 9781933648866
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 --Translations into English
Short stories, Russian--Translations into English
Suspense fiction.
Short stories.
PG3456.A13 / S45 2008
891.733 22