Anton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the Short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called Short Novels here brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. ``The Duel ``sets two decadent figures a fan. `` The Steppe`` the most lyrical of the five is an account of a nine-year-old boy s frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia.
Anton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the Short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called Short Novels here brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
