书名：Selected Stories: Anton Chekhov 契诃夫短篇小说故事精选
作者：Anton Chekhov 契诃夫
出版社名称：Signet Classics
出版时间：2003
语种：英文
ISBN：9780451528797
商品尺寸：10.7 x 2.1 x 17.2 cm
包装：简装
页数：306 （以实物为准）

Chekhov 契诃夫是与莫泊桑、欧亨利齐名的举世闻名的短篇小说大师，列夫·托尔斯泰称他是一个“无与伦比的艺术家”。他的短篇小说题材广泛，风格独特，意义深刻，形象鲜明。其中轻快幽默者妙趣横生，让你会心而笑，又若有所思，久久回味；而凝重深沉者则荡气回肠，令人心灵震颤，难以释怀。作者对种种社会弊端痛加针砭，对庸俗生活无情嘲讽，对底层民众深切同情，对光明未来无限向往，使我们深受启迪，产生共鸣，心怀感动。
这本《契诃夫短篇小说精选》是Signet Classics推出的简装便携全英文版。由美国俄语翻译家AnnDunnigan翻译，语言地道，内容忠实原作。本书所收的二十篇短篇小说都是具有很高艺术成就的精品，不仅是作家本人的代表作，也是十九世纪末俄国文学的名篇。此外，还有名家作序和后记，有助于理解作品及作者创作背景。

150th Anniversary Edition 
Introduction by George Pahomov 
Translated by Ann Dunnigan
Praised by Tolstoy as an “incomparable artist”, Chekov is considered one of the masters of the short story. This collection features twenty of his most noted stories, including The Confession, Ninotchka, and The Cure for Drinking. 

This Signet Classics edition presents twenty of Chekhov’s stories:He Understood,At Sea – A Sailor’s Story,A Nincompoop,Surgery,Ninochka – A Love Story,A Cure for Drinking,The Jailer Jailed,The Dance Pianist,The Milksop,Marriage in Ten or Fifteen Years,In Spring,Agafya,The Kiss,The Father,In Exile,Three Years,The House with the Mustard – An Artist’s Story,Peasants,The Darling.

安东•巴甫洛维奇•契诃夫（英语：Anton Pavlovich Chekhov）（1860年1月29日－1904年7月15日）俄国小说家、戏剧家、十九世纪末期俄国批判现实主义作家、短篇小说艺术大师。1860年1月29日生于罗斯托夫省塔甘罗格市。但契诃夫只身留在塔甘罗格，靠担任家庭教师以维持生计和继续求学。1879年进莫斯科大学医学系。1884年毕业后在兹威尼哥罗德等地行医，广泛接触平民和了解生活，这对他的文学创作有良好影响。1904年6月，契诃夫因病情恶化，前往德国的温泉疗养地黑森林的巴登维勒疗养，7月15日逝世。他和法国的莫泊桑、美国的欧·亨利齐名为三大短篇小说巨匠。
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was the son of asmall shopkeeper and the grandson of a serf. Afterfinishing school in his native town, Chekhov went to Moscow, where he entered the University to study medicine and started publishing tales, anecdotes, jokes, and articles. By the time he took his medical degree, writing had become his main interest and occupation. His literary reputation grew with the publication of the bookMotley Stories (1886). In 1888, he was awarded the Pushkin Prize for the collectionIn theTwilight. This and the publication of the long story “The Steppe” marked the beginning of Chekhov’s recognition as one of Russia’s leading writers. The first production of his famous playThe Sea Gull (1896) was a miserable failure. But in 1898, the play was revived at the Moscow Art Theater and proved a resounding success, as did the theater’s productions ofTheThree Sisters andThe Cherry Orchard, Chekhov married the actress Olga Knipper just three years before he died of tuberculosis. 
George Pahomov, who emigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union at an early age, holds a Ph.D.in Russian Language and Literature from New York University and is a professor in the Russian Department of Bryn Mawr College. The author of two books and numerous articles on Russian literature, he served as principal editor of the five-volume translation ofThe NikonianChronicle. 

Introduction
The Confession
He Understood
At Sea – A Sailor’s Story
A Nincompoop
Surgery
Ninochka – A Love Story
A Cure for Drinking
The Jailer Jailed
The Dance Pianist
The Milksop
Marriage in Ten or Fifteen Years
In Spring
Agafya
The Kiss
The Father
In Exile
Three Years
The House with the Mustard – An Artist’s Story
Peasants
The Darling
Selected Bibliography