Here's our list of 14.These are a satisfactory cross-section of powerful, yet subtle, stories that will well serve our party. They were chosen by Bill Moore but there are some which would not have been discovered without the help of Mike Szczepanik.Instead of using the anthology numbers below to identify the books in which the story can be found, use Mikes fancy database of anthologies. A spreadsheet version is also available. |
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| Ref # | Bill's Star Rating | Really Short Ones | Proposed for Discussion at Party | Title | Alternate Title | Anthology # | |
| 1 | *** | Easter Eve (1886) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | *** | The Princess (1889) | 1 | ||||
| 3 | ** | The Neighbours (1892) | 1 | ||||
| 4 | *** | ☼ | In Exile (1892) | 1 & 3 | |||
| 5 | *** | ☼ | Ward No. 6 (1892) | 1 & 2 | |||
| 6 | *** | ☼ | Rothschild's Fiddle (1894) | 1 | |||
| 7 | **** | ☼ | ☼ | The Student (1894) | 1 & 3 | ||
| 8 | * | The Darling (1898) | 1 | ||||
| 9 | ** | ☼ | Grief (1886) [the Cab Driver and his horse] | Misery |
2 | ||
| 10 | * | A Boring Story (1888-1895) | A Dreary Story |
2 | |||
| 11 | ** | ☼ | ☼ | The Huntsman (1882-1885) | 3 | ||
| 12 | ** | ☼ | Sorrow (1882-1885) [About the Turner] | 3 | |||
| 13 | * | ☼ | Sleepyhead (1888-1895) [Evan Moore said I had to include this one] | 3 | |||
| 14 | *** | ☼ | “A Woman's Kingdom” (1888-1895) | 4 | |||
| Anthology # | |||||||
| 1 | Barnes & Noble "Ward 6 and Other Stories" | ||||||
| 2 | Penguin Classics "Lady with Lapdog and other stories" | ||||||
| 3 | Vintage Classics Edition 1991 (Copyright 1963 Alfred A. Knopf Inc.) “FORTY STORIES / ANTON CHEKHOV” | ||||||
| 4 | "A WOMAN'S KINGDOM" can be found in THE TALES OF CHEKHOV VOLUME 4 "THE PARTY AND OTHER STORIES" BY ANTON TCHEKHOV Translated by CONSTANCE GARNETT located at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13413 | ||||||
| “Star Rating” | Bill's Star Rating doesn't mean much since only really strong stories were chosen to be in the list of 14. | ||||||