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John updike reads six stories he has selected from the 100odd he has published. The son of a former serf in southern russia, he attended moscow universit. Editions of selected stories of anton chekhov by anton chekhov. This volume comprises the classic selection edited by birkett and struve, in russian, here furnished with a new bibliography, and complements the stories and plays by chekhov already available in the bcp russian texts. Selected short stories audiobook written by anton chekhov. Selected stories of anton chekhov, book by anton chekhov.
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