TEHRAN- The 37th edition of a Persian translation of the renowned Russian author Anton Chekhov's 1892 novella “Ward No. 6” has recently been released by Hermes Publications in Tehran.

Anton Chekhov’s life is well documented: When he died of consumption in 1904 at age 44, he was honored all over the world. His short stories, plays and journalism are still upheld as models of humane ...

Anton Chekhov was probably the least statuesque major Russian writer of his generation. He wrote short stories rather than novels, lived modestly, and rarely boomed out complicated philosophical ideas ...

THAT WORTHLESS FELLOW PLATONOV— Anton Chekhov; translated by John Gournos—Button ($2.50). Anton Chekhov, prince of Russian short-story writers, prince of Russian playwrights, wrote one play that has ...

Not everyone who loves Anton Chekhov for his short stories necessarily loves his plays. When Chekhov's literary hero Leo Tolstoy saw one of his younger friend's new dramas in the late 1890s, Tolstoy ...

In our recent gift-book roundups, we’ve included art books, showbiz books, coffee-table books and map books (see today’s Travel section). But we haven’t yet mentioned this holiday season’s holy grail ...

Imagine the most terrible Thanksgiving gathering — with a cliché, nightmarishly dysfunctional family — at which no one makes an effort to behave after a point and everyone ends up exhausted and upset.