Book 1: 'A.P. Chekhov' by V. Ermilov; 1959. Moscow, 1959.  pp. 494; hardcover book.

Book 2: 'Dama s Sobackhoi, A.P. Chekhova: K voprosu o tradicii i Novatorstve v proze Chekhova' by G. Berdnikov [Lady with a puppy: about the question of tradition and new-creativity in Chekhov's prose]; 1976; pp. 92; softcover book.

Book 3: 'A.P. Chekhov: ocherk Tvorchestva' by Z. Paperny [Notes of artistic work]. Moscow, 1960; pp. 300; hardcover book.

Book 4: 'Chekhov i Sovetskaya literatura' by M. Semanova [Chekhov and the Soviet literature]; 1966; pp. 309; hardcover book.

Book 5: 'M. Gorkii i A. Chekhov: Perepiska, Stati, Viskazivaniya' [Gorky & Chekhov: Correspondance, Articles, Sayings]; 1951; pp. 286; hardcover book.

Book 6: 'Chekhov i zapadno-evropeiskaya drama ego vremeni' by T.K. Shakh-Azizova [Chekhov and Western-European drama of his time]; 1966; pp. 149; softcover book; some photographs in text.

Book 7: 'Ionich' i 'Vishnevii Sad' A.P. Chekhova' by M.D. Sosnickaya ['Ionich and Cherry Orchard by Chekhov]; 1958; pp. 60; softcover book; browning to pages and cover.

Book 8: 'Chekhov' by A. Roskin; 1959; pp. 174; hardcover book; several photographs and illustrations in text.

Book 9: 'Gorod Chekhova i ego okrestnosti' by A. Prokin & Y. Solovev [Chekhov's city and its surrounding area]; 1977; pp. 149; softcover book; several photographs in text.

Book 10: 'Masterstva A.P. Chekhova'  by V.V. Golubkova [Chekhov's mastery]; 1958; pp. 196; hardcover book; some illustrations in text.

Book 11: 'Imena Sobstvennie v rannem tvorchestve A.P. Chekhova' by L.I. Kolokolova [Personal names in early artistic works of Chekhov]; 1961; pp. 74; softcover book.

Book 12: 'Chekhov i nizhegorodci' by N.M. Fortunatov [Chekhov and Nizhnegorodci]; 1982; pp. 158; softcover book; some illustrations in text.

According to wikipedia: "Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian short-story writer and playwright, considered to be one of the greatest short story writers in world literature. His playwriting career produced four classics: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard; and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896; but the play was revived to acclaim by Konstantin Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Uncle Vanya and premiered Chekhov’s last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a special challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a "theatre of mood" and a "submerged life in the text." Chekhov had at first written stories only for the money, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by Virginia Woolf and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them..."

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Twelve Octavo-sized hardcover & softcover books. Very Good condition: no writing or markings in texts, no torn or missing pages, no ownership markings, stamp 'Printed in Soviet Union' on some front free-end papers or title pages. Original bindings, with light wear to edges and spinetips.   Solid and attractive copies of these very scarce books.

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