Big Volodya and Little Volodya

Authors: Chekhov, Anton
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC019000
ISBN: 9781101969922, Related ISBNs: 110196992X, 9781101969922
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 16,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection
 
Sophia Lvovna loves Little Volodya, but she is married to Big Volodya. A classic Chekhov story of love, anguish, and revelation.

Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as the father of the modern short story, and “Big Volodya and Little Volodya” demonstrates his subtle and profound comic mastery. A selection from Forty Stories, spanning Chekhov’s entire career, in Robert Payne’s lively translation. 

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