The Book Party Page
with Host Bill Moore

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Selected Short Stories by Anton Chekhov

When: Saturday March 13th, 2010. 9:00-2:00+

Where: To Be Determined.
Cost:To Be Determined.

What to expect: fun friends gathered together for talk, food, and a good movie.

More Information: Email Bill at wmoore@biblicalstudies.org  requesting to be updated as more details are available.


Past Book Parties:
    2009 Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
    2008 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolsoy
    2007 Moby Dick by Herman Melville
    2006 The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
    2005 Favorite Father Brown Short Stories by G. K. Chesterton
    2004 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
    2003 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
    2002 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    2000 The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
    1996 The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

2/15/2010
  • Which volumes should I buy to get all 14 stories, while spending the fewest dollars?
  • I only want to read a couple stories, which should I read?
  • If you'd like to read more Chekhov stories, Mike Szczepanik's database of Chekhov stories and anthologies are right here: HTML Format and Spreadsheet Format. Those of you who were at the 2007 Moby Dick party had the opportunity to meet Mike.
  • Reading the stories on-line.



1/5/2010 List of 14 Chekhov short stories we will be covering.




Which volumes

Which volumes should I buy to get the all 14 stories, while spending the fewest dollars? Well you can buy certain combinations of these four volumes. I've listed the combinations that work to get you 11 stories here. The remaining stories for any combination you can read online or you can get them from me in a reprint. Here are links to the recommended anthologies on Amazon. The prices were for "new" paperbacks delivered through Amazon taken 2/15/2010 with no shipping. As you know, prices change and used paperbacks are less expensive.

E. Stories of Anton Chekhov - tr. Larissa Volokhonsky & Richard Pevear - Bantam $9.36
F. Anton Chekhov's Short Stories - ed. Ralph E. Matlaw - Norton Critical Editions $10.86
G. Forty Stories - tr. Robert Payne - Vintage $10.85
H. Ward No. 6 and Other Stories - ed. David Plante - Barnes & Noble Classics Series $7.95
Buy only two of the above. Which two? Each of these three combinations will give you 11 of 14 stories.

E. + G. get's you 11 of the 14 stories
F. + H. get's you 11 of the 14 stories
E. + H. get's you 11 of the 14 stories

To see how this is possible, the details about which stories are included in each anthology are found in Mike Szczepanik's database of Chekhov stories and anthologies.

Couple Stories.

If you only want to read a couple stories, there these are the ones.

Reading the Stories On Line

Here, Chekhov short stories, you will find the 14 stories. They have links directly to the texts online. If you wish, you can read them by clicking on the story title. A new window will open up with the story. Email me if you have technical issues.