Product Description: Karenin consists of 39 chapters (of 239) of Lev Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina in which Aleksei Aleksandrovich Karenin, Anna’s husband, appears. The intent is to allow the reader to see the story of the Karenins’ failing marriage from Aleksei Aleksandrovich’s point of view...read more

Product Description: Anton Chekhov, who is often credited with inventing the modern short story, wrote many volumes worth of short stories during his lifetime and is considered by many as one of the greatest short story writers of all time. This collection includes twenty-three examples of Chekhov's extraordinary storytelling gift...read more

Product Description: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian short story writer and a playwright. His playwriting career produced four classics, while his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a doctor throughout most of his literary career: “Medicine is my lawful wife, ” he once said, “and literature is my mistress”...read more