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The Penal Colony : Stories and Short Pieces, Paperback Book

The Penal Colony : Stories and Short Pieces Paperback

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Ward Six and Other Stories is a broad sample of Chekhov's narrative genius.

The work has been viewed as a symbol for the bureaucratic quagmire of czarist and Stalinist Russia.

It is also a universal comment on the person versus the state.Ward Six is a hauntingly symbolic depiction of the world of an insane asylum, an upside-down world where doctors ignore the sick, where hospital filth spreads infections.

In The Duel, with its theme of moral degradation, two characters are locked in a confrontation and observers on the sidelines pass judgment.

The essence of A Dull Story is the reflections of a man dying of old age.

The Name-Day Party is the tale of a prominent professor who, despite his fame and success, is unable to emotionally connect with his wife and improve their troubled relationship.

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