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The story of a nobody / Anton Chekhov ; translated by Hugh Aplin ; [foreword by Louis de Bernières].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
- Series:
- 100 pages
- Standardized Title:
- Rasskaz neizvestnogo cheloveka. English
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 99 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hesperus Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Chekhov's little-known literary gem is a profound and moving work, combining the political tensions of the day with a tale of deep poignancy and sorrow. With St. Petersburg awash with extravagant, dissolute bureaucrats concerned only with increasing their vast riches, a secret movement infiltrates one of its members into one such household. Once there, the man sees for himself the profligacy that he has sworn to oppose--yet he also sees purposelessness throughout life. Determining to follow his own values, he embarks upon a new path, little knowing that this too will lead him to tragedy--a tragedy he will find impossible to bear.
- ISBN:
- 1843910039
- OCLC:
- 59490366
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