The Shooting Party
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Shooting Party
By (Author) Anton Chekhov
Edited by Ronald Wilks
Introduction by John Sutherland
Translated by Ronald Wilks
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
5th August 2004
24th June 2004
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 14mm
180g
Description
When a young woman dies during a shooting party at the country estate of a dissolute count, a magistrate is called upon to investigate. The mystery deepens and suspicion falls more widely as it emerges that the dead woman was at the centre of a tangled web of relationships: with her elderly husband, with the lecherous count, and with the magistrate himself...
Author Bio
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician and writer of short stories and plays, including the masterpieces- 'Uncle Vanya', 'The Seagull', and 'The Cherry Orchard'. Ronald Wilks has translated many Russian works of literature including, for Penguin, those of Gorky, Sologub, Tolstoy, and Pushkin. He is the translator of our three volumes of Chekhov's short stories. John Sutherland teaches English at University College London and at Caltech. He is the author of several volumes of literary puzzles, including Was Heathcliffe a Murderer His Life of Stephen Spender will be published in May 2004.
