The heartfelt 'The Lady with the Dog' and the sad 'Grasshopper.' The biting 'The Man in the Case' and the mischievous 'Boys.' The merciless 'Ward Number Six' and the touching 'Kashtanka.' This collection includes stories and novellas from various periods, serious and funny, humorous and tragic, for adults and children. However, no matter what the great Chekhov wrote, his astonishing sense of language and profound understanding of human nature remained constant.