Von Koren, an educated zoologist, finds the slovenly lifestyle of Laevsky, a drinker, to be worthless. Finally, Laevsky can’t take it any more.

A collection of Chekhov’s short stories and novellas ordered by date of publication.

A dispute over inheritance between father and son escalates into a family feud.

Inflated by his own ambition, an ex-student murders a pawnbroker, then faces the inevitable consequences.

A small town becomes swept up in the fervor of attempted revolution.

A man living alone in St. Petersburg writes memoirs describing his alienation from modern society.

A socialite starts an affair with a cavalry officer, against a backdrop of wealthy family life in Imperialist Russia.

A collection of all of the short stories and novellas written by Leo Tolstoy.

Arkady returns to his father’s estate accompanied by his friend from university—a nihilist.