Anton Chekhov Appreciation Thread

I bought Norton Critical Editions of his short stories and plays and they were full of spelling errors, and the critical essays offered poor analysis.

Rothschild's violin got me

I'm really partial to redemption stories

>>9887466
To piggy on this fellars' bad experience; what's a good collection of Chekhovs work?

Read a few of his short stories recently and The Schoolmistress, Misery and A Nervous Breakdown stuck with me, particularly the description of the abrupt emotional climax in Schoolmistress.

The Lady with the Dog.

>>9887448
Cherry Orchard (Vanya)\Gooseberries.
One of the greatest human beings of all time, anon.

>>9887448
The Kiss

>>9887448
god damn he was handsome

>>9887762
I'm very happy with Forty Stories, translated by Robert Payne. I've yet to read his plays though, I'll look for a similarly formatted collection of plays

>>9887448
Green Scythe struck a chord with me for some odd reason. I admired the camaraderie amongst the house guests

>>9887762
nyrb's peasants and other stories had a great selection of stories. i particularly enjoyed three years, my life, and the betrothed

>>9887448
It's hard to say. I've read at least a hundred of his short stories. I have also read all of his novellas and his four major plays and all of them are very dear to me. If you forced me to pick one I would probably choose his novella The Duel.

>>9887448
Favorite stories include:
Death of a Government Clerk
A Little Joke
Rothchild's Violin
A Brief Human Anatomy
I'm sure there are more, but I can't remember.