by Anton Chekhov · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780146000362
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«The Black Monk» is the collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov published by Penguin Books in paperback (90 pages, in English).
The volume brings together two Chekhov stories about Russian life: «The Black Monk» shows Andrey Kovrin, an exhausted man who arrives at his former tutor's estate and is assailed by visions that mix genius and madness; «Peasants» portrays the poverty and suffering of the peasants.
It belongs to the Penguin 60s collection, published in 1995 to mark Penguin's 60th anniversary. Translated by Ronald Wilks.
For readers of Russian literature and classic short stories; this English edition offers two brief pieces by Chekhov.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer. Widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time, his career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
