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The Shooting Party
- Author
- Anton Chekhov
- Narrator
- Roger May
- Publisher
- SNR Audio
- Publish Date
- 28 November 2024
- Run Time
- 9 hours 15 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The only full-length novel which Chekhov authored,
The Shooting Party revolves around Olga, the pretty young daughter of a drunken worker on a country estate, and her relationships with the men in her life.
Loved by Urbenin, whom she eventually marries; desired by the Count Karneyev; and adored by Zinovyev, who knows the sadness at the heart of her marriage, a murderous attack begins a spiral of alarm, mistrust, and deceit.
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright and is still considered one of the greatest short story writers of all time.
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Details
- Author
- Anton Chekhov
- Narrator
- Roger May
- Duration
- 9 hours 15 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 November 2024
- ISBN
- 9781805362081
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SNR Audio
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
The only full-length novel which Chekhov authored, The Shooting Party revolves around Olga, the pretty young daughter of a drunken worker on a country estate, and her relationships with the men in her life. Loved by Urbenin, whom she eventually marries; desired by the Count Karneyev; and adored by Zinovyev, who knows the sadness at the heart of her marriage, a murderous attack begins a spiral of alarm, mistrust, and deceit. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright and is still considered one of the greatest short story writers of all time.
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