List of short stories by Anton Chekhov

The following is an incomplete list of short stories by Anton Chekhov. Lists of plays, novellas, and nonfiction by Chekhov can be found at: Bibliography of Anton Chekhov.

Chronological list

Chronologic grouping

The following 201 of Chekhov's short stories are freely available in English translation from Eldritch Press' page on ibiblio.^[1] Chronological information was obtained from the same website.

1882–1885

• "A Living Chattel"
• "Joy"
• "At the Barber's"
• "An Enigmatic Nature"
• "A Classical Student"
• "The Death of a Government Clerk"
• "The Trousseau"
• "A Daughter of Albion"
• "An Inquiry"
• "Fat and Thin"
• "A Tragic Actor"
• "The Bird Market"
• "A Slander"
• "The Swedish Match"
• "Choristers"
• "The Album"
• "Minds in Ferment"
• "A Chameleon"
• "In the Graveyard"
• "Oysters"
• "The Marshal's Widow"
• "Small Fry"
• "In a Hotel"
• "Boots"
• "Nerves"
• "A Country Cottage"
• "Malingerers"
• "The Fish"
• "Gone Astray"
• "The Huntsman"
• "A Malefactor"
• "The Head of the Family"
• "A Dead Body"
• "The Cook's Wedding"
• "In a Strange Land"
• "Overdoing It"
• "Old Age"
• "Sorrow"
• "Oh! the Public!"
• "Mari d'Elle"
• "The Looking-Glass"

1886

• "Art"
• "A Blunder"
• "Children"
• "Misery"
• "An Upheaval"
• "An Actor's End"
• "The Requiem"
• "Anyuta"
• "Ivan Matveyitch"
• "The Witch"
• "A Story Without an End"
• "A Joke"
• "Agafya"
• "A Nightmare"
• "Grisha"
• "Love"
• "Easter Eve"
• "Ladies"
• "Strong Impressions"
• "A Gentleman Friend"
• "A Happy Man"
• "The Privy Councillor"
• "A Day in the Country"
• "At a Summer Villa"
• "Panic Fears"
• "The Chemist's Wife"
• "Not Wanted"
• "The Chorus Girl"
• "The Schoolmaster"
• "A Troublesome Visitor"
• "The Husband"
• "A Misfortune"
• "A Pink Stocking"
• "Martyrs"
• "The First-Class Passenger"
• "Talent"
• "The Dependents"
• "The Jeune Premier"
• "In the Dark"
• "A Trivial Incident"
• "A Tripping Tongue"
• "A Trifle from Life"
• "Difficult People"
• "In the Court"
• "A Peculiar Man"
• "Mire"
• "Dreams"
• "Hush!"
• "Excellent People"
• "An Incident"
• "The Orator"
• "A Work of Art"
• "Who Was To Blame?"
• "Van'ka"
• "On the Road"

1887

• "Champagne"
• "Frost"
• "The Beggar"
• "Enemies"
• "Darkness"
• "Polinka"
• "Drunk"
• "An Inadvertence"
• "Verotchka"
• "Shrove Tuesday"
• "A Defenceless Creature"
• "A Bad Business"
• "Home"
• "The Lottery Ticket"
• "Too Early!"
• "Typhus"
• "In Passion Week"
• "A Mystery"
• "The Cossack"
• "The Letter"
• "An Adventure"
• "The Examining Magistrate"
• "Aborigines"
• "Volodya"
• "Happiness"
• "Bad Weather"
• "A Play"
• "A Transgression"
• "From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man"
• "Uprooted"
• "A Father"
• "A Happy Ending"
• "In the Coach-House"
• "Zinotchka"
• "The Doctor"
• "The Pipe"
• "An Avenger"
• "The Post"
• "The Runaway"
• "A Problem"
• "The Old House"
• "The Cattle Dealers"
• "Expensive Lessons"
• "The Lion and the Sun"
• "In Trouble"
• "The Kiss"
• "Boys"
• "Kashtanka"
• "A Lady's Story"

1888–1895

• "A Story Without a Title"
• "Sleepy"
• "The Steppe"
• "Lights"
• "The Beauties"
• "The Party"
• "A Nervous Breakdown"
• "The Shoemaker and the Devil"
• "The Bet"
• "The Princess"
• "A Dreary Story"
• "The Horse-Stealers"
• "Gusev"
• "Peasant Wives"
• "The Duel"
• "The Wife"
• "The Grasshopper"
• "After the Theatre"
• "In Exile"
• "Neighbours"
• "Ward No. 6"
• "Terror"
• "An Anonymous Story"
• "The Two Volodyas"
• "The Black Monk"
• "A Woman's Kingdom"
• "Rothschild's Fiddle"
• "The Student"
• "The Teacher of Literature"
• "At a Country House"
• "The Head Gardener's Story"
• "Three Years"
• "The Helpmate"
• "Whitebrow"
• "Anna on the Neck"
• "The Murder"
• "Ariadne"

1896–1904

• "An Artist's Story"
• "My Life"
• "Peasants"
• "The Petchenyeg"
• "At Home"
• "The Schoolmistress"
• "The Man in a Case"
• "Gooseberries"
• "About Love"
• "Ionitch"
• "A Doctor's Visit"
• "The Darling"
• "The New Villa"
• "On Official Duty"
• "The Lady with the Dog"
• "At Christmas Time"
• "In the Ravine"
• "The Bishop"
• "Betrothed"

References

External links

• Short Stories by Anton Chekhov at Gutenberg
• Eldritch Press at ibidlio.org

v d 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 Reluctant Tragic Hero (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

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