The shooting party: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The shooting party is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (1860–1904). The listed translation credits are Chamot, A. E. (Alfred Edward) (1855–1934).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Shooting Party" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a novel published in 1884. Chekhov's only full-length novel unfolds as a manuscript submitted to a publisher, recounting a mysterious murder during a hunting party in provincial Russia. When an estate forester's daughter is found stabbed to death in the woods, suspicion falls on her husband. But as the investigation proceeds, questions arise about who truly committed the crime in this innovative early detective story.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The shooting party
- Author credits: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (1860–1904)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Chamot, A. E. (Alfred Edward) (1855–1934)
Catalogue subjects
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Upper class -- Russia -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
- Category: Novels
- Category: Russian Literature
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