BAD WEATHER AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
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BAD WEATHER AND OTHER SHORT STORIES (ebook)

ANTON CHEKHOV

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Recommended winter reading... 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: Bad Weather Betrothed Boots Boys Champagne Children Choristers Darkness Difficult People Dreams

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