Переводчик Constance Garnett

«The Kingdom of God Is Within You». Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of LifeCHAPTER I. THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITYCHAPTER II. CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE ...

Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and FriendsAnton Pavlovich Chekhov Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends TRANSLATOR’S NOTE Of the eighteen hundred and ninety letters published by Chekhov’s family I have chosen for translation these letters and passages from letters which best ...

The Party and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Party and Other Stories THE PARTY I AFTER the festive dinner with its eight courses and its endless conversation, Olga Mihalovna, whose husband's name-day was being celebrated, went out into the garden. The duty of smiling and talking incessa...

The Schoolmaster and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Schoolmaster and Other Stories THE SCHOOLMASTER FYODOR LUKITCH SYSOEV, the master of the factory school maintained at the expense of the firm of Kulikin, was getting ready for the annual dinner. Every year after the school examination ...

Love and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov Love and Other Stories LOVE "THREE o'clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can't sleep, I am so happy!"My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incom...

The Chorus Girl and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Chorus Girl and Other Stories THE CHORUS GIRL ONE day when she was younger and better-looking, and when her voice was stronger, Nikolay Petrovitch Kolpakov, her adorer, was sitting in the outer room in her summer villa. It was intolerab...

The Duel and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Duel and Other Stories THE DUEL IIt was eight o'clock in the morning – the time when the officers, the local officials, and the visitors usually took their morning dip in the sea after the hot, stifling night, and then went into the pavilion t...

The Horse-Stealers and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories THE HORSE-STEALERS A HOSPITAL assistant, called Yergunov, an empty-headed fellow, known throughout the district as a great braggart and drunkard, was returning one evening in Christmas week from the h...

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...

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 ...