This collection includes: The Wife, Difficult People, The Grasshopper, A Dreary Story, The Privy Councilor, The Man in Case, Gooseberries, About Love, and The Lottery Ticket. According to Wikipedia: "Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian short-story writer, playwright and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in world literature. His career as a dramatis...