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The Shooting Party
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Shooting Party
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anton Chekhov
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Edited by Ronald Wilks
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Introduction by John Sutherland
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Translated by Ronald Wilks
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780140448986
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| Classifications | Dewey:891.733 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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| Publication Date |
24 June 2004 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
When a young woman dies during a shooting party at the country estate of a dissolute count, a magistrate is called upon to investigate. The mystery deepens and suspicion falls more widely as it emerges that the dead woman was at the centre of a tangled web of relationships: with her elderly husband, with the lecherous count, and with the magistrate himself...
Author Biography
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician and writer of short stories and plays, including the masterpieces- 'Uncle Vanya', 'The Seagull', and 'The Cherry Orchard'. Ronald Wilks has translated many Russian works of literature including, for Penguin, those of Gorky, Sologub, Tolstoy, and Pushkin. He is the translator of our three volumes of Chekhov's short stories. John Sutherland teaches English at University College London and at Caltech. He is the author of several volumes of literary puzzles, including Was Heathcliffe a Murderer? His Life of Stephen Spender will be published in May 2004.
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