Tales of Chekhov by Anton Chekhov and Constance Garnett Reviewed by Mona Simpson
The Atlantic Monthly
"In 1984, Daniel Halpern, founder of the Ecco Press, began republishing all 201 of the Constance Garnett translations of Anton Chekhov's stories. Since then, the thirteen resulting volumes have become a contemporary staple for the library of any serious reader. (I think I've purchased five whole sets in those twenty-odd years ? several as wedding presents, one as a baby present, one remains in my study...." Read the entire Atlantic Monthly review.