Twenty-one short stories from the Russian master of the genre Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Includes the stories: The Schoolmistress A Nervous Breakdown Misery Champagne After the Theatre A Lady's Story In Exile The Cattle-Dealers Sorrow On Official Duty The First-Class Passenger A Tragic Actor A Transgression Small Fry The Requiem In the Coach-House Panic Fears The Bet The Head-Gardener's Story The Beauties The Shoemaker and the Devil