This book, part of the multi-volume edition of Chekhov's stories translated by Constance Garnett, contains twenty-two tales, among them some of Chekhov's finest. In addition to the title story, this volume includes "A Happy Ending," "Old Age," "The Beggar," "Story without a Title," "Frost," "A Happy Man," "A Troublesome Visitor," and Chekhov's celebrated long story set in a lunatic asylum, "Ward No. 6" among others.