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“
• "A 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“
• "Misery" (1886) „Тоска“
• "The Requiem" (1886) „Панихида“
• "Anyuta" (1886) „Анюта“
• "Agafya" (1886) „Агафья“
• "Grisha" (1886) „Гриша“
• "Easter Eve" (1886) „Святою ночью“
• "A Gentleman Friend" (1886) „Знакомый мужчина“
• "The Chorus Girl" (1886) „Хористка“
• "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 Fiddle" (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“

Novellas

• The Shooting Party (1884)
• 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

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

External links

Wikisource has original text related to this article: Anton Chekhov

• Study resource for "The Lady with the Dog" Retrieved 17 February 2007.
• Teuber, Andreas. "Anton Chekhov Page". http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/chekhovbio.html. Retrieved 2008-07-14. 

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

v t e Works by Anton Chekhov Biography Bibliography Plays Platonov (1881) On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco (1886, 1902) Swansong (1887) Ivanov (1887) The Bear (1888) A Tragedian in Spite of Himself (1889) The Wedding (1889) The Wood Demon (1889) A Marriage Proposal (1890) The Festivities (1891) The Seagull (1896) Uncle Vanya (1897) Three Sisters (1901) The Cherry Orchard (1904) Novellas The Shooting Party (1884) The Steppe (1888) The Duel (1891) The Story of an Unknown Man (1893) Three Years (1895) My Life (1896) Short stories List of short stories by Anton Chekhov "The Bet" (1889) "The Black Monk" (1894) "The Lady with the Dog" (1899) Related articles Chekhov's gun Osip Dymov Fragments Wild Honey