Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- KEY TO TRANSLITERATION OF THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET -- KEY TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE RUSSIAN TRANSLITERATION USED IN THIS BOOK -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE ESSENCE OF CEXOV'S CREATIVE APPROACH (1) / Derman, A. -- II. THE NATURE OF DETAIL (1) / Dobin, E.S. -- III. A. P. CEXOV (1) / sklovskij, Viktor -- IV. AN INCOMPARABLE ARTIST (1) / LakSin, V. -- V. STRUCTURAL FEATURES IN CEXOV'S POETICS (1) / Derman, A. -- VI. THE STYLE OF CEXOV'S TALES (1) / Pospelov, G.N. -- VII. IMAGERY IN CEXOV (1) / Nazarenko, Vadim -- VIII. CEXOV'S LYRICO-DRAMATIC STORIES (1) / Golubkov, V.V. -- IX. ON CEXOV'S STYLE (1) / Vinogradov, V.V. -- X. THE ROLE OF ADVERSATIVE INTONATION IN CEXOV'S PROSE (1) / Cicerin, A. V. -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH -- STUDY QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS -- AUTHOR-SUBJECT INDEX -- INDEX OF CEXOV'S SHORT STORIES