Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician 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. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary and "Medicine is my lawful wife and ", he once said, and "and literature is my mistress."This collection of ten of his best short stories Nervous BreakdownA NightmareA Peculiar ManA Pink StockingA PlayA ProblemA SlanderA Story Without A TitleA Story Without An EndA Tragic Actor