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Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection collects 8 short stories. In "Trouble", the author uses the coachman's lonely mood to accuse the dark society. "My Life" describes the struggle of an intellectual who is full of ideals but has a weak personality.

Chekhov wrote more than 4,000 letters in his lifetime. The author of this book has selected more than 200 of Chekhov's most valuable letters, and each letter is followed by the author's appreciation text. The contents of the letters include important events in Chekhov's interactions with giants such as Tolstoy, Gorky, Tchaikovsky, Bunin, etc., As well as rare love letters he wrote to his wife Knibill, as well as records of his love for nature and his selfless help to the people at the bottom during his travels. Chekhov's letters have a strong sense of picture and reveal his true temperament everywhere. They vividly and truly restore the little-known lovely side behind the majestic figure of this master of realist criticism and the world's short story giant, reflecting his unique personality charm.

Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection collects 9 short stories. "Named Day" uses a description of a nameday party to reflect the vanity of an intellectual couple, causing tragedy in poor life. "Bishop" tells the story of a child who was born in poverty and finally became a bishop, but it brought a monotonous and meaningless life.

The works selected in this book come from the two periods before and after Chekhov's creation. Among the early works, in addition to "Chameleon" which is familiar to Chinese readers and has a certain realistic criticism, there are also some light-hearted and purely humorous novels. "The Man in the Trap" is the most famous of Chekhov's later novels selected in "Selected Short Stories of Chekhov". This novel expresses the dull and depressing atmosphere of the times and satirizes the generally rigid and restricted mental state of Russian society.

Chekhov had many notebooks, which contained momentary feelings he jotted down in his life, rough drafts, sketches of future works, reading experiences, and best practices copied from other writers' books. The notes are not only a memorandum of his literary creation, but also an index of his mature works. Ten years after his death, his wife Knibil made the "Chekhov's Notes" after rigorous selection and organization and made it public. Woolf's husband Leonard once co-translated "Notes" into English and published it. The Chinese translation was first released in 1953. With the fate of the translator Jia Zhifang, it was buried in the library for nearly thirty years until it was reprinted in 1982. In his words, the fate of this translation was also the fate of his life.

Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection collects 17 short stories. The protagonist of "The Bride" was about to be a bride, but after being pointed out by others, she opened her eyes and saw the unreasonableness and injustice of her life, so she abandoned her comfortable family life and the comfortable life her fiancé had arranged for her, and went to study far away. Putting aside getting something for nothing and emphasizing self-reliance is the main idea that the author wants to express in the work.

This book collects 217 literary letters from Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's more than 4,000 letters. The time span is 25 years. In these letters, the development and changes of Chekhov's creation, life and thoughts are shown. Show readers a more comprehensive and real great writer. In these letters, you can see the brilliance of being a great realist writer, and you can also see the ordinaryness of being an ordinary person.

Chekhov's distinctive feature is his ability to reveal the essence of life from the most ordinary phenomena. He highly downplays the plot and only intercepts ordinary daily life fragments. He uses exquisite artistic details to truly depict and portray life and characters, and to reveal important social phenomena. But he does not fall into the "quagmire" of daily life. On the contrary, his profound realist images are often sublimated into philosophical symbols. In terms of showing the characters' inner world, Chekhov did not focus on explaining the characters' psychological activities in detail, but only tried to see the characters' inner activities and changes from their behaviors.

Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection collects 11 short stories. "Love" depicts the ordinary life of a couple before and after they get married. "The Thief" mocks the hypocrisy and ignorance of intellectuals. "Death of an Actor" reflects the tragic life of an actor.

Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection collects two short stories. It describes how intellectuals floating on the surface of life went from idleness to extreme boredom, and finally fell into depression and decadence, lashing out at their spiritual emptiness and hesitation.