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The Lady with the Dog and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories THE LADY WITH THE DOG I IT was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front: a lady with a little dog. Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, who had by then been a fortnight at Yalta, and so was fairl...

Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four ActsAnton Pavlovich Chekhov Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts CHARACTERSALEXANDER SEREBRAKOFF, a retired professorHELENA, his wife, twenty-seven years oldSONIA, his daughter by a former marriageMME. VOITSKAYA, widow of a privy council...

The Schoolmistress, and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories THE SCHOOLMISTRESS AT half-past eight they drove out of the town.The highroad was dry, a lovely April sun was shining warmly, but the snow was still lying in the ditches and in the woods. Winter, da...

The Darling and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Darling and Other Stories THE DARLING OLENKA, the daughter of the retired collegiate assessor, Plemyanniakov, was sitting in her back porch, lost in thought. It was hot, the flies were persistent and teasing, and it was pleasant to reflect ...

The Bishop and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Bishop and Other Stories THE BISHOP I THE evening service was being celebrated on the eve of Palm Sunday in the Old Petrovsky Convent. When they began distributing the palm it was close upon ten o'clock, the candles were burning dimly, the w...

The Sea-GullAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Sea-Gull CHARACTERSIRINA ABKADINA, an actress CONSTANTINE TREPLIEFF, her son PETER SORIN, her brother NINA ZARIETCHNAYA, a young girl, the daughter of a rich landowner ILIA SHAMRAEFF, the manager of SORIN’S estate PAULINA, his wife MASHA, their daughter BOR...

Swan SongAnton Pavlovich Chekhov Swan Song INTRODUCTION ANTON TCHEKOFFTHE last years of the nineteenth century were for Russia tinged with doubt and gloom. The high-tide of vitality that had risen during the Turkish war ebbed in the early eighties, leaving behind it a dead level of apathy which l...

Ivanoff: A PlayAnton Pavlovich Chekhov Ivanoff: A Play CHARACTERSNICHOLAS IVANOFF, perpetual member of the Council of Peasant AffairsANNA, his wife. Nee Sarah AbramsonMATTHEW SHABELSKI, a count, uncle of IvanoffPAUL LEBEDIEFF, President of the Board of the ZemstvoZINAIDA, his wifeSASHA, their dau...

The Cook's Wedding and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories THE COOK'S WEDDING GRISHA, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole. In the kitchen something extraordinary, and in his opinion ...

Historia de Venezuela, Tomo IIPedro de Aguado Historia de Venezuela Tomo II PRÓLOGO Consignados ya al frente de los volúmenes anteriores, esto es, de los dos que constituyen la Historia de Santa Marta y Nuevo Reino de Granada, y del primero de la Historia de Venezuela, cuantas noticias se conocen...