The Greatest Short Stories of Anton Chekhov

Good collection. Enjoy Chekhov.

arrived in good condition

Looks great on the shelf

Get your reading glasses ready cause you're going to need them.

Thank you for the book

Great

While looking for a nice English translation of Chekhov's short stories, I located this edition because even though I am fluent in Russian, I wanted an English translation. The translator is Constance Garnett, who was one of the most famous British translators of Russian classics. Her translations are clear and adhere fairly closely to the original Russian. I do not understand the idiotic reviews of this book. Do these people actually read books? It appears to be no longer published by Penguin Classics, but by Fingerprint, an Indian publishing company, so the paper quality and print is adequate but does not compare to the soft cover Penguin editions nor hardcover editions. Still, it makes a nice edition to anyone's library, assuming one can still appreciate Chekhov's amazing short stories without comparing them to TV series and such which I have seen other books reviewers write or such things as 'tedious' or 'couldn't finish'. That is a sad statement on the level of reading and lack of sophistication in this culture.

Great writer, great stories. The Indian publisher of this anthology decided to use ultra-thin paper that appears to be no better than gift wrap. The pages are hard to read as you can see the print on the opposite side. Avoid Prakash books