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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, 1899)—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, 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

Dialogues and parodies

  • The Fool, or The Retired Sea Captain (Дура, или Капитан в отставке, 1883)
  • Unclean Tragedians and Leprous Playwrights (Нечистые трагики и прокажённые драматурги, 1884)
  • A Young Man (Молодой человек, 1884)
  • An Ideal Examination (Идеальный экзамен, 1884)
  • Chaos-Vile in Rome (Кавардак в Риме, 1884)
  • A Mouth as Big as All Outdoors (Язык до Киева доведет, 1884)
  • Honorable Townsfolk (Господа обыватели, 1884)
  • At the Sickbed (У постели больного, 1884)
  • The Case of the Year 1884 (Дело о 1884 годе, 1885)
  • A Drama (Драма, 1886)
  • In the Spring: Cat's Monologue (Весной: Сцена-монолог, 1887)
  • Before the Eclipse (Перед затмением, 1887)
  • A Forced Declaration (Вынужденное заявление, 1888)

Novel

  • The Shooting Party (Драма на охоте, 1884)

Novellas

  • The Unnecessary Victory (, 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 (, 1882)
  • A Living Chattel (, 1882)
  • Lights (, 1888)
  • The Party (, 1888)
  • A Dreary Story (Скучная история, 1889)
  • Ward No. 6 (Палата No. 6, 1892)
  • The Wife (, 1892)
  • The Black Monk (Чёрный монах, 1894)
  • A Woman's Kingdom (, 1894)
  • Murder (, 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 No. 6, 1893)

Novellas and Stories (Повести и рассказы, 1894)

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

Stories (Рассказы, 1901)

Short stories

Chekhov wrote over 500 short stories, some left unfinished. Much of his early work was published in comic periodicals, in the form of quips, topical writing, cartoon captions and sketches. As such, not all publications fit the definition of a short story.

Other humorous writing

Nonfiction

  • Fragments of Moscow Life (1883-1885)
  • The Case of Rykov and Company (1884)
  • 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

Selected English-language compilations of stories

  • The Darling and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (1916)
  • The Duel and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (1916)
  • The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (1917)
  • The Party and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (1917)
  • The Wife and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (1918)
  • The Witch and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (1918)
  • The Bishop and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (1919)
  • The Chorus Girl and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (1920)
  • Ward Number Six and Other Stories, trans. Ronald Hingley (Oxford, 1965)
  • The Russian Master and Other Stories, trans. Ronald Hingley (Oxford, 1984)
  • The Steppe and Other Stories, trans. Ronald Hingley (Oxford, 1991)
  • Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (2000)
  • The Complete Short Novels, trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (2000)
  • The Steppe and Other Stories, 1887-1891, trans. Ronald Wilks (Penguin, 2001)
  • Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895, trans. Ronald Wilks (Penguin, 2002)
  • The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904, trans. Ronald Wilks (Penguin, 2002)
  • Seven Short Novels, trans. Barbara Norman Makanowitzky (Norton, 2003)
  • About Love and Other Stories, trans. Rosamund Bartlett (Oxford, 2004)
  • Fifty-Two Stories, trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Knopf 2020)

Notes

References

  • Entirely in Russian
  • 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:
  • Chekhov, A. (2016). Little Apples: And Other Early Stories. United States: Seven Stories Press.

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