The Best European Short Stories

Written by Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant and Friedrich Schiller

Narrated by Cathy Dobson

A delightful anthology of great works by some of Europe's greatest short story writers:

1. "The Marquise", by George Sand
2. "The Bundle of Letters", by Maurus Jokai
3. "The Pistol Shot", by Alexander Pushkin
4. "The Mad Veteran of Fort Ratonneau", by Ludwig Achim von Arnim
5. "Twenty-six Men and a Girl", by Maxim Gorky
6. "Zodomirsky’s Duel", by Alexandre Dumas
7. "The Mines of Falun", by E. T. A. Hoffmann
8. "Mademoiselle Fifi", by Guy de Maupassant
9."Maestro Niccolo and the Pig", by Gio Sabadino
10. "The Father", by Björnstjerne Björnson
11. "Mons. Cassecrouche’s Inspiration", by George Walter Thornbury
12. "Malachi’s Cove", by Anthony Trollope
13. "The Judgement of Paris", by Leonard Merrick
14. "A Queer Night in Paris", by Guy de Maupassant
15. "Immensee", by Theodor Storm
16. "The Paradise of Cats", by Emile Zolà
17. "In the Reign of Terror", by Anatole France
18. "The Scholar", by Ludwig Tieck
19. "The Long Exile", by Count Leo Tolstoy
20. "The Encased Man", by Anton Chekhov
21. "The Criminal from Lost Honour", by Friedrich Schiller
22. "The Story of Brave Kasper and Fair Annie", by Clemens Brentano
23. "The Black Ferry", by John Galt
24. "The Mummy’s Foot", by Théophile Gautier
25. "The Clockmaker of Poissy", by Stanley John Weyman
26. "One Thing Leads to Another", by Stacy Aumonier
27. "The Roman Road", by Kenneth Grahame
28. "A Child’s Revenge", by Paul Bourget
29. "The Honest Thief", by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
30. "The Dead", by James Joyce
31. "The Stone Dragon", by R. Murray Gilchrist
32. "Story", by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Language: English
• Publisher: Red Door Consulting
• Release date: Jul 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781467682015

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian doctor, short-story writer, and playwright. Born in the port city of Taganrog, Chekhov was the third child of Pavel, a grocer and devout Christian, and Yevgeniya, a natural storyteller. His father, a violent and arrogant man, abused his wife and children and would serve as the inspiration for many of the writer’s most tyrannical and hypocritical characters. Chekhov studied at the Greek School in Taganrog, where he learned Ancient Greek. In 1876, his father’s debts forced the family to relocate to Moscow, where they lived in poverty while Anton remained in Taganrog to settle their finances and finish his studies. During this time, he worked odd jobs while reading extensively and composing his first written works. He joined his family in Moscow in 1879, pursuing a medical degree while writing short stories for entertainment and to support his parents and siblings. In 1876, after finishing his degree and contracting tuberculosis, he began writing for St. Petersburg’s Novoye Vremya, a popular paper which helped him to launch his literary career and gain financial independence. A friend and colleague of Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, and Ivan Bunin, Chekhov is remembered today for his skillful observations of everyday Russian life, his deeply psychological character studies, and his mastery of language and the rhythms of conversation.