A life in letters / Anton Chekhov ; edited by Rosamund Bartlett ; translated by Rosamund Bartlett and Anthony Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Contributor:

Bartlett, Rosamund.

Phillips, Anthony.

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Correspondence.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.

Authors, Russian--19th century--Correspondence.

Authors, Russian.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Autobiographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

lxvi, 551 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Penguin, 2004.

Language Note:

Translated from the Russian.

Summary:

From his teenage years in provincial Russia to his premature death in 1904, Anton Chekhov wrote thousands of letters to a wide range of correspondents. This fascinating new selection tells Chekhovs story as a man and a writer through affectionate bulletins to his family, insightful discussions of literature with publishers and theater directors, and tender love letters to his actress wife. Vividly evoking landscapes, people, and his daily life, the letters offer revealing glimpses into Chekhovs preoccupationsthe onset of tuberculosis, his dual careers as doctor and writer, and his ambivalence about his growing reputation as Russias foremost playwright and author. This volume takes us inside the mind of one of the worlds greatest writers, and the character that emerges from these pages is resilient, generous, charming, and life enhancing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0140449221

OCLC:

56452704