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Anton Chekhov
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Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

Also known as: Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow, Anton Pavlovič Čechov, Antón Pávlovič Čéhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Tschechoff, Anton Tschechow

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Known works

  • The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition
  • Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition
  • The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition
  • The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Fourth Edition
  • The Bedford Introduction to Literature--Reading, Thinking, Writing--Sixth Edition