The Shooting Party (Chekhov novel)

The Shooting Party
Cover art of 1926 English-language publication
AuthorAnton Chekhov
LanguageRussian
GenreNovel
Publisher
Pages
244 (1926 Stanley Paul)[1]
  • 199 (2004 Penguin)

The Shooting Party (Russian: Драма на охоте, romanizedDrama na okhote; lit. English: Drama During a Hunt)[2] is an 1884 novel by Anton Chekhov. It is his longest narrative work,[3] and only full-length novel.[4] Framed as a manuscript given to a publisher, it tells the story of an estate forester's daughter in a provincial Russian village, who is stabbed to death in the woods during a hunting party, and the efforts to uncover her killer.

  1. ^ "The Shooting Party". Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  2. ^ Chekhov, Anton; Karlinsky, Simon (1973). Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary. Northwestern University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-810-11460-9.
  3. ^ Loehlin, James N. (2010). The Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-139-49352-9. Chekhov mixed longer and shorter pieces together throughout his career – his one full-length novel, The Shooting Party, appeared in 1884 – but in general his stories grew fewer and longer.
  4. ^ "The Shooting Party". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved September 26, 2017.