The ever maturing art and ever more ambitious imaginative reach of Anton Chekhov, one of the world's greatest masters of the short story, led him in his last years to an increasingly profound exploration of the troubled depths of Russian society and life. This powerful and revealing selection from Chekhov's final works, made by the legendary American critic Edmund Wilson, offers stories of novelistic richness and complexity, published in the only formatp edition to present them in chronological order. Table of ContentsA Woman's KingdomThree YearsThe MurderMy LifePeasantsThe New VillaIn the RavineThe BishopBetrothed | Peasants and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Paperback | Indigo Chapters