Anton Chekhov Bibliography

Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. He wrote hundreds of short stories, one novel, and seven full-length plays.

Plays

Four-Act Plays

* Untitled Play (''Пьеса без названия'', discovered 19 years after the author's death in manuscript form with title page missing; most commonly known as ''Platonov'' in English; 1878)—adapted in English by Michael Frayn as '' Wild Honey'' (1984)
*'' Ivanov'' (''Иванов'', 1887)—a play in four acts
*'' The Wood Demon'' (''Леший'', 1889)—a comedy in four acts; eight years after the play was published Chekhov returned to the work and extensively revised it into ''Uncle Vanya'' (see below)
*''The Seagull'' (''Чайка'', 1896)—a comedy in four acts
*''Uncle Vanya'' (''Дядя Ваня'', 1897)—scenes from country life in four acts; based on ''The Wood Demon''
*'' Three Sisters'' (''Три сестры'', 1901)—a drama in four acts
*''The Cherry Orchard'' (''Вишнёвый сад'', 1904)—a comedy in four acts

One-Act Plays

*''On the High Road'' (На большой дороге, 1884)—a dramatic study in one act
*''On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco'' (''О вреде табака''; 1886, 1902)—a monologue in one act
*'' Swansong'' (''Лебединая песня'', 1887)—a dramatic study in one act
*'' The Bear'' or ''The Boor'' (''Медведь: Шутка в одном действии'', 1888)—a farce in one act
*'' A Marriage Proposal'' (''Предложение'', c. 1889)—a farce in one act
*'' A Tragedian in Spite of Himself'' or ''A Reluctant Tragic Hero'' (''Трагик поневоле'', 1889)—a farce in one act
*'' The Wedding'' (''Свадьба'', 1889)—a play in one act
*'' Tatiana Repina'' (''Татьяна Репина'', 1889)—a drama in one act
*''The Night before the Trial'' (''Ночь перед судом'', the 1890s)—a play in one act; sometimes considered unfinished
*'' The Festivities'' or ''The Anniversary'' (''Юбилей'', 1891)—a farce in one act

Novel

*''The Shooting Party'' (Драма на охоте, 1884)

Novellas

*''The Unnecessary Victory'' ( Ненужная победа, 1882)
*'' The Steppe'' (Степь, 1888)
*'' The Duel'' (Дуэль, 1891)
*'' The Story of an Unknown Man'' (Рассказ неизвестного человека, 1893)
*'' Three Years'' (Три года, 1895)
*''My Life'' (Моя жизнь, 1896)

Novelettes

*''Late-Blooming Flowers'' ( Цветы запоздалые, 1882)
*''A Living Chattel'' ( Живой товар, 1882)
*''Lights'' ( Огни, 1888)
*''The Party'' ( Именины, 1888)
*'' A Dreary Story'' (Скучная история, 1889)
*'' Ward No. 6'' (Палата No. 6, 1892)
*''The Wife'' ( Жена, 1892)
*''The Black Monk'' (Чёрный монах, 1894)
*''A Woman's Kingdom'' ( Бабье царство, 1894)
*''Murder'' ( Убийство, 1895)
*''Peasants'' (Мужики, 1897)
*'' In the Ravine'' (В овраге, 1900)

Short-story collections

Collections of his stories that Chekhov prepared and published, or, in the case of ''The Prank'', attempted to publish.

''The Prank'' (Шалость, 1882)

''The Tales of Melpomene'' (Сказки Мельпомены, 1884)

''Motley Stories'' (Пёстрые рассказы, 1886)

''In the Twilight'' (В сумерках, 1887)

''Innocent Speeches'' (Невинные речи, 1887)

''Stories'' (Рассказы, 1888)

''Children'' (Детвора, 1889)

''Gloomy People'' (Хмурые люди, 1890)

''Ward No. 6'' (Палата № 6, 1893)

''Novellas and Stories'' (Повести и рассказы, 1894)

''Peasants and My Life'' (Мужики и Моя жизнь, 1897)

''The Little Trilogy'' (Маленькая трилогия, 1898)

''Stories'' (Рассказы, 1901)

Short stories

Chekhov wrote over 500 short stories. The following is a partial list.

Nonfiction

*''A Journey to Sakhalin'' (1895), including:
**'' Sakhalin Island'' (1891–1895)
**''Across Siberia''

Letters

(In English translation.)
*''Letters of Anton Tchehov to His Family and Friends: With a Biographical Sketch''. Translated by Constance Garnett. New York. 1920
Internet Archive on-line edition.
*''Letters on the Short Story, the Drama, and Other Literary Topics, by Anton Chekhov''. Selected and Edited by Louis S. Friedland. London. 1924.
*''The Letters of Anton Pavolvitch Tchekhov to Olga Leonardovna Knipper''. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. New York.
*''The Life and Letters of Anton Tchekov''. Translated and Edited by S.S. Koteliansky and Philip Tomlinson. New York. 1925.
*''The Personal Papers of Anton Chekhov''. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. New York. 1948.
*''The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov''. Edited by Lillian Hellman and translated by Sidonie Lederer. New York. 1955. .
*''DEAR WRITER, DEAR ACTRESS: The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper''. Ecco, 1997, .
*''Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary''. Translated by Simon Karlinsky, Michael Henry Heim, Northwestern University Press, 1997, .
*''A Life in Letters''. Translated by Rosamund Bartlett, Anthony Phillips. Penguin Books, 2004. .

Notebooks

*''Note-Book of Anton Chekhov''. Translated by S. S. Koteliansky, Leonard Woolf, New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1921
Internet Archive on-line edition.

References

*''The Undiscovered Chekhov: Fifty-One Newly Translated Stories'', translated by Peter Constantine, foreword by Spalding Gray, UK (Duckbacks) edition, 2002: . NB: This collection seems to expand with each new edition
*''The Unknown Chekhov: Stories and Other Writings Hitherto Unpublished'', translated by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, 1954
*''The Prank: The Best of Young Chekhov'', translated by Maria Bloshteyn, New York (NYRB) edition, 2015:

External links

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Five short stories by Chekhov adapted for the stage


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Retrieved 17 February 2007.
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Audio

* 55 + Storie
Internet Archive Creative Commons and Public Domain
* The Little Trilog
Internet Archive Creative Commons and Public Domain
* Additional Stories from LibriVo
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