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The shooting party

by Anton Chekhov

First published
1884
Reading level
Easy
Price
Free

About the book

"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.

  • Murder
  • Russia
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Upper class

Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #73729. The shooting party on Wikipedia.

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