The Shooting Party (Chekhov novel)
Cover art of 1926 English-language publication | |
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
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| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Stanley Paul (1926)
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Publication date | 1884 |
| Pages | 244 (1926 Stanley Paul)
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The Shooting Party (Russian: Драма на охоте, romanized: Drama na okhote; lit. English: Drama During a Hunt) is an 1884 novel by Anton Chekhov. It is his longest narrative work, and only full-length novel. Framed as a manuscript given to a publisher, it tells the story of an estate forester's daughter in a provincial Russian village, who is stabbed to death in the woods during a hunting party, and the efforts to uncover her killer.