Anton Chekhov bibliography

This is a partial list of Anton Chekhov's works:

Portrait of Chekhov by Isaak Levitan 1886

Plays

• That Worthless Fellow Platonov (most commonly known as Пьеса без названия ['Untitled play'] or simply, Platonov; c. 1881)—provided the source material for Michael Frayn's Wild Honey
• On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco (О вреде табака; 1886, 1902)
• Swansong (1887)—one-act play
• Ivanov (Иванов, 1887)—a drama in four acts
• The Bear or The Boor (Медведь: Шутка в одном действии, 1888)—one act comedy
• A Marriage Proposal (Предложение, c. 1888-1889)—one act
• A Tragedian in Spite of Himself or A Reluctant Tragic Hero (Трагик поневоле, 1889)
• The Wedding (Свадьба, 1889)—one act
• The Wood Demon (Леший, 1889)—four-act comedy
• The Festivities (Юбилей, 1891)
• The Seagull (Чайка, 1896)—a comedy in four acts
• Uncle Vanya (Дядя Ваня, 1899-1900)—based on The Wood Demon
• Three Sisters (Три сестры, 1901)—a drama in four acts
• The Cherry Orchard (Вишнёвый сад, 1904)—a comedy in four acts

Short stories

These are the best-known stories, in order of publication:

• "The Death of a Government Clerk" (1883) „Смерть чиновника“
• "The Chameleon" (1884) „Хамелеон“
• "Oysters" (1884) „Устрицы“
• "A Living Chronology" (1885) „Живая хронология“
• "Small Fry" (1885) „Мелюзга“
• "The Huntsman" (1885) „Егерь“
• "A Malefactor" (1885) „Злоумышленник“
• "Sergeant Prishibeyev" (1885) „Унтер Пришибеев“
• "A Gentleman Friend" (1886) „Знакомый мужчина“
• "At the Mill" (1886)
• "Agafya" (1886) „Агафья“
• "Anyuta" (1886) „Анюта“
• "Easter Eve" (1886) „Святою ночью“
• "Grisha" (1886) „Гриша“
• "Misery" (1886) „Тоска“
• "The Chorus Girl" (1886) „Хористка“
• "Ivan Matveyich" (1886) „Иван Матвеич“
• "The Requiem" (1886) „Панихида“
• "Van'ka" (1886) „Ванька“
• "Home" (1887) „Дома“
• "The Siren" (1887) „Сирена“
• "Kashtanka" (1887) „Каштанка“
• "Sleepy" (1888) „Спать хочется“
• "The Bet" (1889) „Пари“
• "A Dreary Story" (1889) „Скучная история“
• "Gusev" (1890) „Гусев“
• "Peasant Wives" (1891) „Бабы“
• "The Grasshopper" (1892) „Попрыгунья“
• "In Exile" (1892) „В ссылке“
• "Ward No. 6" (1892) „Палата № 6“
• "The Black Monk" (1894) „Чёрный монах“
• "Rothschild's Violin" (1894) „Скрипка Ротшильда“
• "The Student" (1894) „Студент“
• "The Teacher of Literature" (1894) „Учитель словесности“
• "Anna on the Neck" (1895) „Анна на шее“
• "Whitebrow" (1895) „Белолобый“
• "Ariadna" (1895) „Ариадна“
• "An Artist's Story [The House with the Mezzanine]" (1896) „Дом с мезонином“
• "Peasants" (1897) „Мужики“
• "The Petchenyeg" (1897) „Печенег“
• "The Schoolmistress [In the Cart]" (1897) „На подводе“
• "The Little Trilogy" (1898):
  • "The Man in a Case" „Человек в футляре“
  • "Gooseberries" „Крыжовник“
  • "About Love" „О любви“
• "Ionych" (1898) „Ионыч“
• "A Doctor's Visit [A Case History]" (1898) „Случай из практики“
• " The Darling" (1899) „Душечка“
• "On Official Duty" (1899) „По делам службы“
• "The Lady with the Dog" (1899) „Дама с собачкой“
• "At Christmas Time" (1900) „На святках“
• "In the Ravine" (1900) „В овраге“
• "The Bishop" (1902) „“Архиерей“
• "Betrothed [The Fiancée]" (1903) „Невеста“

Novel

• The Shooting Party (1884)

Novellas

• The Steppe (1888) „Степь“
• The Duel (1891) „Дуэль“
• An Anonymous Story (Alternate translations: The Story of an Unknown Man/The Story of a Nobody] (1893) „Рассказ неизвестного человека“
• Three Years (1895) „Три года“
• My Life „Moya zhizn“ (1896) „Моя жизнь“

Nonfiction

• A Journey to Sakhalin (1895), including:
  • Sakhalin Island (1891–1895)
  • Across Siberia

Letters

• (In English translation)
  • Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends: With a Biographical Sketch. Translated by Constance Garnett. New York. 1920. Internet Archive on-line edition.
  • Letters on the Short Story, the Drama, and Other Literary Topics, by Anton Chekhov. Selected and Edited by Louis S. Friedland. London. 1924.
  • The Letters of Anton Pavolvitch Tchekhov to Olga Leonardovna Knipper. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. New York.
  • The Life and Letters of Anton Tchekov. Translated and Edited by S.S. Koteliansky and Philip Tomlinson. New York. 1925.
  • The Personal Papers of Anton Chekhov. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. New York. 1948.
  • The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov. Edited by Lillian Hellman and translated by Sidonie Lederer. New York. 1955. ISBN 0-374-51838-6.
  • DEAR WRITER, DEAR ACTRESS: The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper. Ecco, 1997, ISBN 0-88001-550-0.
  • Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary. Translated by Simon Karlinsky, Michael Henry Heim, Northwestern University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8101-1460-7.
  • A Life in Letters. Translated by Rosamund Bartlett, Anthony Phillips. Penguin Books, 2004. ISBN 0-14-044922-1.

Notebooks

• Note-Book of Anton Chekhov. Translated by S. S. Koteliansky, Leonard Woolf, New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1921. Internet Archive on-line edition.

External links

• Study resource for "The Lady with the Dog" Retrieved 17 February 2007.
• Teuber, Andreas. "Anton Chekhov Page". Retrieved 2008-07-14.
• Willis, Louis (27 January 2013). "Chekhov's Crime Stories". Literary and Genre. Knoxville: SleuthSayers.

Audio

• 55 + Stories Internet Archive Creative Commons and Public Domain
• The Little Trilogy Internet Archive Creative Commons and Public Domain
• Additional Stories from LibriVox See More Chekhov Stories