Little Apples

Copyright © 2016 by Peter Constantine

A Seven Stories Press First Edition

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Seven Stories Press

140 Watts Street

New York, NY 10013

www.sevenstories.com

College professors may order examination copies of Seven Stories Press titles for free. To order, visit http://www.sevenstories.com/textbook or send a fax on school letterhead to (212) 226-1411.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904, author.

[Short stories. Selections. English]

Little apples and other early stories / Anton Chekhov ; translated by Peter Constantine ; introduction by Cathy Popkin.

pages ; cm

ISBN 978-1-60980-664-4 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-60980-665-1 (e-book)

I. Constantine, Peter, 1963- translator. II. Popkin, Cathy, 1954- writer of introduction. III. Title.

PG3456.A13C66 2016

891.73’3--dc23

2015025047