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. - 1st Pegasus Books ed. - New York : Pegasus Books, 2008. - xii, 321 p. ; 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.
Short stories.
Suspense fiction.
A night in the cemetery : and other stories of crime & suspense / Anton Chekhov ; translated by Peter Sekirin. - 1st Pegasus Books ed. - New York : Pegasus Books, 2008. - xii, 321 p. ; 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.
Short stories.
Suspense fiction.