Anton Chekhov's Short Stories
Title | Anton Chekhov's Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov |
Publisher | W W Norton & Company Incorporated |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780393090024 |
The thirty-four stories in this volume span Chekhov s creative career."
The Lady with the Dog, and Other Stories
Title | The Lady with the Dog, and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov |
Publisher | |
Pages | 652 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904
Title | The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 PDF eBook |
Author | Anton Chekhov |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2002-08-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0141906855 |
In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature of love outside of marriage - its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as 'Peasants', 'The House with the Mezzanine' and 'My Life' Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. With the works collected here, Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales - developing a broader range of characters and subject matter, while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire such modern short-story writers as Hemingway and Faulkner.
Anton Chekhov and the Lady with the Dog
Title | Anton Chekhov and the Lady with the Dog PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia Llewellyn Smith |
Publisher | London ; Toronto : Oxford University Press |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
The Virginia Monologues
Title | The Virginia Monologues PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia Ironside |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Aging |
ISBN | 9781905490523 |
When she started to clock up the years in earnest, everyone tried not to mention it. But now Virginia Ironsideis actually sixty-five she can't see what all the fuss was about. It's great to be old. Growing ancient is not a loss but a gain. You're more confident, and if your memory's going, at least you forget the bad times, like all those ghastly men you slept with in the other sixties. And isn't now the time to take lots of drugs, and not just the ones prescribed by the doctor (which are, now you're old, completely free)? There's nothing more fun than comparing your various ailments with other oldies ('I take so many fish oils I'm thinking of joining an aquarium'), curtain-twitching, complaining or (Virginia's preference) just mooching about. From Grandchildren ('The reward for not killing your children'), and Being a Bore ('You're in your anecdotage, so nobody can complain') to Sex ('I don't know about you, but I've had enough sex to last me a lifetime'), Virginia Ironsidetackles all the issues that face today's elegant and distinguished oldies with optimism and enthusiasm - and makes you want to cheer!
Indemnity Only
Title | Indemnity Only PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Paretsky |
Publisher | Dell |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 1991-06-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0440210690 |
The first V.I. Warshawski novel! • “[V.I. Warshawski] is . . . wonderful company and a rich discovery awaiting those who have yet to meet her.”—Los Angeles Times Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshwski’s specialty. Her client says he’s the prominent banker John Thayer. Turns out he’s not. He says his son’s girlfriend, Anita Hill, is missing. Turns out that’s not her real name. V.I.’s search turns up someone soon enough—the real John Thayer’s son, and he’s dead. Who’s V.I.'s client? Why has she been set up and sent out on a wild-goose chase? By the time she's got it figured, things are hotter—and deadlier—than Chicago in July. V.I.’s in a desperate race against time. At stake: a young woman’s life.
The Electric Kingdom
Title | The Electric Kingdom PDF eBook |
Author | David Arnold |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 449 |
Release | 2022-03-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0593202244 |
New York Times bestseller David Arnold's most ambitious novel to date; Station Eleven meets The 5th Wave in a genre-smashing story of survival, hope, and love amid a ravaged earth. When a deadly Fly Flu sweeps the globe, it leaves a shell of the world that once was. Among the survivors are eighteen-year-old Nico and her dog, on a voyage devised by Nico's father to find a mythical portal; a young artist named Kit, raised in an old abandoned cinema; and the enigmatic Deliverer, who lives Life after Life in an attempt to put the world back together. As swarms of infected Flies roam the earth, these few survivors navigate the woods of post-apocalyptic New England, meeting others along the way, each on their own quest to find life and love in a world gone dark. The Electric Kingdom is a sweeping exploration of art, storytelling, eternal life, and above all, a testament to the notion that even in an exterminated world, one person might find beauty in another.