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In the Twilight
Paperback
Main Details
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In the Twilight
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anton Chekhov
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Translated by Hugh Aplin
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:288 | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 127 |
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Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781847493835
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Classifications | Dewey:891.733 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Alma Books Ltd
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Imprint |
Alma Classics
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Publication Date |
15 October 2014 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him the prestigious Pushkin Prize when it was published in 1887. This volume represents a clear milestone in the writer's passage from the youthful Antosha Chekhonte, author of slight comic sketches, to the mature master of the short-story genre.
Author Biography
Anton Chekhov is one of the giants of modern literature, exerting a strong influence on many present-day novelists and dramatists. As a playwright, he ranks in popularity second only to Shakespeare in the English-speaking world. As a prose writer, he was one of the first to use the stream-of-consciousness technique, and his anti-heroic realism, full of ambiguity and allusion, provides no easy moral conclusions and results in a new kind of narrative approaching real life in a way no writer had achieved before him.
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