Now, renowned translators and longtime house authors Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us their peerless renderings of fifty-two Chekhov stories--a full deck! These stories, which span the full arc of his career, reveal the extraordinary variety and unexpectedness of his work, from the farcically comic to the darkly complex, showing that there is no one type of "Chekhov story." They are populated by a remarkable range of characters who come from all parts of Russia, all walks of life, and who, taken together, have democratized the short story. Included here are a number of never-before-translated stories, including "Reading" and "An Educated Blockhead." Here is a collection that promises profound delight.Contains:Joy--Fat and Skinny--At the Post Office--Reading--The Cook Gets Married--In a Foreign Land--Corporal Whompov--Grief--The Exclamation Point--An Educated Blockhead--A Slip-Up--Anguish--A Commotion--The Witch--A Little Joke--Agafya--Spring--A Nightmare--Grisha--Ladies--Romance with a Double Bass--The Chorus Girl--The First-Class Passenger--Difficult People--On the Road--The Beggar--Enemies--The Letter--Volodya--Luck--The Siren--The Shepherd's Pipe--Costly Lessons--The Kiss--Boys--Kashtanka--The Name-Day Party--A Breakdown--The Bet--The Princess--After the Theater--History of a Business Enterprise--Neighbors--Fear--Big Volodya and Little Volodya--The Teacher of Literature--In a Country House--The Pecheneg--In the Cart--About Love--Ionych--The New Dacha--

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    Poems such as: Love's Language; Impatience; Individuality; Friendship after Love; Reunited; What Shall We Do; Through the Valley; the Duet and much more.

    This speech was delivered in Buffalo, New York on January 26, 1883. Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919) was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. He was a leader of the Republican Party (GOP) and founder of the Progressive Party insurgency of 1912. He is known for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity. Born into a wealthy family in New York City, Roosevelt was a sickly child who suffered from asthma. To overcome his physical weakness, he embraced a strenuous life. He was home-schooled and became an eager student of nature. He attended Harvard College where he studied biology, boxed, and developed an interest in naval affairs. He quickly entered politics, determined to become a member of the ruling class. In 1881 he was elected to the New York State Assembly, where he became a leader of the reform faction of the GOP. His book The Naval War of 1812 (1882) established him as a learned historian and writer. When his first wife Alice died two days after giving birth in February 1884 (and his mother died the same day in the same house), he was heartbroken and in despair; Roosevelt temporarily left politics and became a cattle rancher in the Dakotas. When blizzards destroyed his herd, he returned to New York City politics, running and losing a race for mayor. In the 1890s he took vigorous charge of the city police as New York City Police Commissioner. By 1897, under President William McKinley, Roosevelt was in effect running the Navy Department. When the war with Spain broke out in 1898, he helped form the famous Rough Riders, a combination of wealthy Easterners and Western cowboys. He gained national fame for his courage in battle in Cuba, then returned to be elected Governor of New York. He was the GOP nominee for Vice President with William McKinley, campaigning successfully against radicalism and for prosperity, national honor, imperialism (regarding the Philippines), high tariffs and the gold standard. Roosevelt became President after McKinley was assassinated in 1901. He was inaugurated at age 42, the youngest person to become president. He attempted to move the GOP toward Progressivism, including trust busting and increased regulation of businesses. In November 1904 he was reelected in a landslide against conservative Democrat Alton Brooks Parker. Roosevelt called his domestic policies a "Square Deal," promising a fair deal to the average citizen while breaking up monopolistic corporations, holding down railroad rates, and guaranteeing pure food and drugs. He was the first president to speak out on conservation, and he greatly expanded the system of national parks and national forests. By 1907 he propounded more radical reforms, which were blocked by the conservative Republicans in Congress. His foreign policy focused on the Caribbean, where he built the Panama Canal and guarded its approaches. There were no wars, but his slogan, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" was underscored by sending the greatly expanded Navy-the Great White Fleet-on a world tour. He negotiated an end to the Russo-Japanese War, for which he won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize.

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    The story of an aristocratic, reclusive, idealistic, naive young woman whose world is destroyed by a man who seemed to be, and perhaps was, the best thing ever to happen to her.The novel was a best-seller in the late nineteenth century and was turned into an acclaimed stage play by Edmund Morse and an opera by Antonín Dvorák.

    

    Harriet he had always regarded as his sister, and never yet had he failed in brotherly duty to her.