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Title: Chekov's Works are Worth a Try!!!
Review: Anton Chekov's Short Stories (Norton Critical Edition) would be your best introductory volume to have in first experiencing his works. Not only does Norton have better translations of the stories but also there is an appendix in the back of the volume offering some critical expositions of Chekov's works.Please keep in mind also that Chekov had a social conscience as well. He did not write merely for capitalistic reasons but wrote about Imperial Russia as an observer and expositor of its decline and eventual fall. Through his various humanitarian activities amongst the Russian peasants class he was able to see first hand the poverty and degradation that was endemic in late 19th Century Czarist Russia.Chekov's stories are brief windows or vistas into the depths of human character. Unlike Poe or O Henry, there are no "punch lines" at the end of the story...but you do come away with a deeper understanding of the spirit in man..
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