The following is an incomplete list of short stories by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...

. Lists of plays, novellas, and nonfiction by Chekhov can be found at: Bibliography of Anton Chekhov

Bibliography of Anton Chekhov

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Chronological list

Title	Date of Russian publication
Rapture	1883
The Trousseau	1883
The Bird Market	1883
The Death of a Civil Servant [The Death of a Government Clerk]	1883
An Incident at Law	1883
Fat and Thin	1883
The Daughter of Albion	1883
Oysters	1884
A Dreadful Night	1884
Minds in Ferment	1884
The Complaints Book	1884
The Chameleon	1884
Choristers	1884
In the Graveyard	1884
The Fish	1885
The Marshal’s Widow	1885
The Head of the Family	1885
The Cook’s Wedding	1885
A Dead Body	1885
Overdoing It	1885
Old Age	1885
Sorrow	1885
Mari d’Elle	1885
The Looking Glass	1885
The Huntsman	1885
The Malefactor [The Culprit]	1885
A Man of Ideas	1885
Sergeant Prishibeyev	1885
The Misfortune	1885
Small Fry	1885
Panikhida	1886
Romance with Double-Bass	1886
Art	1886
A Blunder	1886
Children	1886
Misery	1886
An Upheaval	1886
The Requiem	1886
Anyuta	1886
The Privy Councillor	1886
Agafya	1886
A Story Without an End	1886
Love	1886
A Gentleman Friend	1886
A Day in the Country	1886
A Misfortune [A Calamity]	1886
A Trifle from Life	1886
Difficult People	1886
In the Court	1886
The Witch	1886
An Incident	1886
On the Road	1886
Grisha	1886
Kids	1886
Revenge	1886
Easter Night	1886 (1887)
The Little Joke [A Joke]	1886
The Objet d’Art [A Work of Art]	1886
The Chorus Girl	1886
Dreams	1886
The Orator	1886
Calchas (later adapted into the play "Swansong")	1886
Van'ka	1886
Verochka	1887
A Drama	1887
Typhus	1887
Notes from the Journal of a Quick-Tempered Man	1887
The Reed-Pipe	1887
The Kiss	1887
The Beggar	1887
An Inadvertence	1887
Shrove Tuesday	1887
A Bad Business	1887
Home	1887
The Cossack	1887
Volodya	1887
Happiness	1887
Zinotchka	1887
The Doctor	1887
The Runaway	1887
The Cattle-Dealers	1887
In Trouble	1887
Boys	1887
Kashtanka	1887
A Lady’s Story	1887
The Lion and The Sun http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/jr/140.htm	1887
A Story Without a Title	1888
Lights	1888
No Comment	1888
Let Me Sleep [Sleepy]	1888
The Steppe [The Story of a Journey]	1888
An Awkward Business	1888
The Beauties	1888
The Party	1888
A Nervous Breakdown	1888
The Cobbler and the Devil	1888
The Bet	1889
The Princess	1889
A Dreary Story [A Boring Story]	1889
Thieves	1890
Gusev	1890
Peasant Woman [Peasant Wives]	1891
The Duel	1891
My Wife	1892
The Butterfly [The Grasshopper] [The Fidget]	1892
After the Theatre	1892
In Exile	1892
Neighbours	1892
Ward Number Six [Ward No. 6]	1892
Terror [Fear]	1892
Fragment	1892
The Story of a Commercial Venture	1892
From a Retired Teacher’s Notebook	1892
A Fishy Affair	1892
An Anonymous Story	1893
The Black Monk The Black Monk (short story) "The Black Monk" is a short story by Anton Chekhov, written in 1894 while Chekhov was living in the village of Melikhove. The story tells of two tragic years in the life of scholar and artist Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin.-Plot:...	1894
The Teacher of Literature	1894
Rothschild’s Fiddle	1894
The Student	1894
Anna on the Neck [The Order of St. Anne]	1895
His Wife [The Helpmate]	1895
Murder	1895
Whitebrow	1895
Ariadne	1895
An Artist’s Story [The House with the Mezzanine]	1896
My Life	1896
Peasants	1897
The Savage	1897
Home	1897
In the Cart [The Schoolmistress]	1897
The Little Trilogy: A Hard Case [The Man in the Case] [The Man in the Shell]	1898
The Little Trilogy: Gooseberries	1898
The Little Trilogy: Concerning Love [About Love]	1898
A Case History [A Medical Case] [A Doctor's Visit]	1898
Ionitch [Ionych]	1898
Doctor Startsev	1898
Angel [The Darling]	1898
All Friends Together	1898
New Villa	1899
On Official Duty	1899
The Lady with the Dog The Lady with the Dog (short story) "The Lady with the Dog" is a short story by Anton Chekhov first published in 1899. It tells the story of an adulterous affair between a Russian banker and a young lady he meets while vacationing in Yalta...	1899
At Christmas Time	1900
In the Hollow [In the Ravine]	1900
The Bishop	1902
A Marriageable Girl [The Fiancée] [The Betrothed]	1903

Chronologic grouping

The following 201 of Chekhov's short stories are freely available in English translation from Eldritch Press

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1882-1885

• A Living Chattel
• Joy
• At the Barber's
• An Enigmatic Nature
• A Classical Student
• The Death of a Government Clerk
• The Trousseau
• A Daughter of Albion
• An Inquiry
• Fat and Thin
• A Tragic Actor
• The Bird Market
• A Slander
• The Swedish Match
• Choristers
• The Album
• Minds in Ferment
• A Chameleon
• In the Graveyard
• Oysters
• The Marshal's Widow
• Small Fry
• In a Hotel
• Boots
• Nerves
• A Country Cottage
• Malingerers
• The Fish
• Gone Astray
• The Huntsman
• A Malefactor
• The Head of the Family
• A Dead Body
• The Cook's Wedding
• In a Strange Land
• Overdoing It
• Old Age
• Sorrow
• Oh! the Public!
• Mari d'Elle
• The Looking-Glass

1886

• Art
• A Blunder
• Children
• Misery
• An Upheaval
• An Actor's End
• The Requiem
• Anyuta
• Ivan Matveyitch
• The Witch
• A Story Without an End
• A Joke
• Agafya
• A Nightmare
• Grisha
• Love
• Easter Eve
• Ladies
• Strong Impressions
• A Gentleman Friend
• A Happy Man
• The Privy Councillor
• A Day in the Country
• At a Summer Villa
• Panic Fears
• The Chemist's Wife
• Not Wanted
• The Chorus Girl
• The Schoolmaster
• A Troublesome Visitor
• The Husband
• A Misfortune
• A Pink Stocking
• Martyrs
• The First-Class Passenger
• Talent
• The Dependents
• The Jeune Premier
• In the Dark
• A Trivial Incident
• A Tripping Tongue
• A Trifle from Life
• Difficult People
• In the Court
• A Peculiar Man
• Mire
• Dreams
• Hush!
• Excellent People
• An Incident
• The Orator
• A Work of Art
• Who Was To Blame?
• Van'ka
• On the Road

1887

• Champagne
• Frost
• The Beggar
• Enemies
• Darkness
• Polinka
• Drunk
• An Inadvertence
• Verotchka
• Shrove Tuesday
• A Defenceless Creature
• A Bad Business
• Home
• The Lottery Ticket
• Too Early!
• Typhus
• In Passion Week
• A Mystery
• The Cossack
• The Letter
• An Adventure
• The Examining Magistrate
• Aborigines
• Volodya
• Happiness
• Bad Weather
• A Play
• A Transgression
• From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man
• Uprooted
• A Father
• A Happy Ending
• In the Coach-House
• Zinotchka
• The Doctor
• The Pipe
• An Avenger
• The Post
• The Runaway
• A Problem
• The Old House
• The Cattle Dealers
• Expensive Lessons
• The Lion and the Sun
• In Trouble
• The Kiss
• Boys
• Kashtanka
• A Lady's Story

1888-1895

• A Story Without a Title
• Sleepy
• The Steppe
• Lights
• The Beauties
• The Party
• A Nervous Breakdown
• The Shoemaker and the Devil
• The Bet
• The Princess
• A Dreary Story
• The Horse-Stealers
• Gusev
• Peasant Wives
• The Duel
• The Wife
• The Grasshopper
• After the Theatre
• In Exile
• Neighbours
• Ward No. 6
• Terror
• An Anonymous Story
• The Two Volodyas
• The Black Monk
• A Woman's Kingdom
• Rothschild's Fiddle
• The Student
• The Teacher of Literature
• At a Country House
• The Head Gardener's Story
• Three Years
• The Helpmate
• Whitebrow
• 'Anna on the Neck'
• The Murder
• Ariadne

1896-1904

• An Artist's Story
• My Life
• Peasants
• The Petchenyeg
• At Home
• The Schoolmistress
• The Man in a Case
• Gooseberries
• About Love
• Ionitch
• A Doctor's Visit
• The Darling
• The New Villa
• On Official Duty
• The Lady with the Dog
• At Christmas Time
• In the Ravine
• The Bishop
• Betrothed

External links

• Short Stories by Anton Chekhov at Gutenberg
• Eldritch Press at ibidlio.org