Chekhov - Three Collections of Stories

Three short story collections in one edition formatted for the Kindle.

1. THE HOUSE WITH THE MEZZANINE AND OTHER STORIES,
2. THE LADY WITH THE DOG AND OTHER STORIES,
3. THE SCHOOLMISTRESS AND OTHER STORIES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANTON PAVLOVICH CHEKHOV [1860-1904] ) was a Russian medical doctor and writer of plays, short stories, novellas, and one work of nonfiction. He claimed that "Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress."

In 1879, he began studying Medicine at Moscow University. To pay tuition, he began publishing humorous stories under pen names, one of which is "Man without a Spleen".
In 1882, he began writing for the major Russian publisher Leikin who printed Chekhov's stories in the periodical Oskolki.
In 1884, he began medical practice.
In 1885, he contracted Tuberculosis.
In 1887, he won the Pushkin Prize the short story collection At Dusk.

In 1887, he wrote the play Ivanov. In it, he began the use of "Chekhov's Gun." He explained that, "If in Act I you have a pistol hanging on the wall, then it must fire in the last act."
His best plays are considered to be:
The Seagull (1896),
Uncle Vanya (1899),
Three Sisters (1901), and
The Cherry Orchard (1904).

After 1893, the translator Constance Garnett introduced Chekhov's work in English. Admiration of Chekhov's genius was expressed by such English literary lions as George Bernard Shaw and James Joyce.
At the time of his death, his literary popularity in Russia was second only to Tolstoi.