Tragic, comic and satirical, these 25 short stories evoke everyday life in 19th-century Russia: an illicit affair in ‘The Lady with a Dog’; a bereaved cabman in ‘Misery’; and a servant girl driven to desperation by a crying baby in ‘Sleepy’.
Tragic, comic and satirical, these 25 short stories evoke everyday life in 19th-century Russia: an illicit affair in ‘The Lady with a Dog’; a bereaved cabman in ‘Misery’; and a servant girl driven to desperation by a crying baby in ‘Sleepy’.