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Chekhov
Stories: Ward No. 6
Lady with a Lapdog
The Bishop
The Fiancee
In the Ravine
About Love
A Dreary Story
Criticism: James Wood: What Chekhov Meant by Life. (1999)(This is the best short essay I've come across on Chekhov. It includes a contrast to Ibsen, as well as some comment on the stories The Kiss, The Bishop, Ward No. 6 and The Lady with a Lapdog among others.)
Summaries taken from V.S.Pritchett Chekhov

Ward No 6

The Lady with a Lapdog

The Bishop

A Dreary Story

External Links:

full text of 201 stories by Chekhov

 

Translated by Constance Fitzgibbon.

Texts:

Penguin.

(includes 'Lady with a Lapdog', 'Ward No. 6')

translator: D. Magershack

Penguin.

(includes 'The Kiss', 'The Bishop')

translator: R. Wilks

Raymond Carver
Criticism: excerpts form NYRB essay on Carver
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