Actually, I just finished
this anthology of Chekhov's short novels, which was wonderful to read. Entertaining, subtle stories that mostly haven't aged. I got them as a (belated) bday present, and finished about a story per day (along with my normal reading). While I didn't particularly care for the first story (
The Steppe), the rest were marvellously entertaining, even if the latter few still took a few pages to really get going. How I wish Everyman and RH would digitalize their titles. Still, the HCs are pretty enough.