Memories of Chekhov : accounts of the writer from his family, friends and contemporaries / edited and translated by Peter Sekirin ; foreword by Alan Twigg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sekirin, Peter.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Family.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Friends and associates.

Friends and associates.

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

Authors, Russian.

Families.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2011]

Summary:

"This revelatory documentary biography of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), one of the world's best playwrights, consists of over 100 memories of Chekhov's close friends, family and colleague writers and artists. Utilizing material from the archives and rare periodicals from the 1900s-1930s, this work offers new discoveries for both specialists and general enthusiasts"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 / Childhood and School Years: 1860-1879 Years:, Childhood and School, 1860-1879

/ Introduction 11

"Around Chekhov" / Mikhail Chekhov Chekhov, Mikhail 12

"Anton Chekhov During His Summer Vacations" / Mikhail Chekhov Chekhov, Mikhail 13

"Memories of Chekhov" / Ivan Chekhov Chekhov, Ivan, Leonid Sulerzhitsky Sulerzhitsky, Leonid 14

"Chekhov's Young Years" / Maria Drossi Drossi, Maria, Alexander Roskin Roskin, Alexander 15

"From Chekhov's Childhood" / Alexander Chekhov Chekhov, Alexander 15

"Memories of Anton Chekhov" / Alexey Dolzhenko Dolzhenko, Alexey 17

"My Memories" / Maria Chekhova Chekhova, Maria 18

"Memories of A.P. Chekhov" / Sergei Yakovlev Yakovlev, Sergei 20

"From the Past" / Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir 23

2 / Chekhov in Moscow: 1879-1892 Moscow:, Chekhov in, 1879-1892

/ Introduction 25

"From My Meetings with A.P. Chekhov" / Zakhar Pichugin Pichugin, Zakhar 27

"My Meetings with Chekhov" / Konstantin Korovin Korovin, Konstantin 28

"Memories of Chekhov" / Grigory Rossolimo Rossolimo, Grigory 30

"Chekhov" / Ivan Leontiev-Shcheglov Leontiev-Shcheglov, Ivan 32

"About A.P. Chekhov and His Family" / Peter Zelenin Zelenin, Peter 34

"A.P. Chekhov" / Nikolai Teleshov Teleshov, Nikolai 36

"Anton Pavlovich Chekhov" / Vladimir Korolenko Korolenko, Vladimir 39

"A Portrait" / Sergei Sobolevsky Sobolevsky, Sergei 40

"A.P. Chekhov" / Aleksander Lazarev-Gruzinsky Lazarev-Gruzinsky, Aleksander 41

"My Life" / Semyon Podiachev Podiachev, Semyon 44

"Memories of A.P. Chekhov" / Natalia Gubareva Gubareva, Natalia 46

"Memories of A.P. Chekhov" / Aleksander Pomerantsev Pomerantsev, Aleksander 47

"My Meetings with Chekhov" / Ilya Repin Repin, Ilya 49

3 / The Melikhovo Cottage in the 1890s

/ Introduction 51

"Young Years" / Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik Shchepkina-Kupernik, Tatiana 52

"Chekhov in Melikhovo" / Jury Avdeev Avdeev, Jury 53

"Around Chekhov" / Mikhail Chekhov Chekhov, Mikhail 54

"A.P. Chekhov" / Alexey Yakovlev Yakovlev, Alexey 55

"Chekhov as a Fisherman" / Ivan Belousov Belousov, Ivan 58

"New About Chekhov" / Ilya Braz Braz, Ilya 59

"Encounters with Chekhov" / A. Kazanin Kazanin, A., E. Vakulov Vakulov, E. 60

"Memories of Chekhov" / Grigory Rossolimo Rossolimo, Grigory 60

"Memories of Chekhov" / Nina Drozdova Drozdova, Nina 62

"A Big Heart" / Mikhail Plotov Plotov, Mikhail 64

"Young Years" / Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik Shchepkina-Kupernik, Tatiana 66

"Diary" / Pavel Egorovich Chekhov Chekhov, Pavel Egorovich 69

"To the Memory of Maria Chekhova" / Jury Avdeev Avdeev, Jury 70

"Young Chekhov" / Alexander Roskin Roskin, Alexander 71

"Works. Letters" / Alexey Suvorin Suvorin, Alexey, Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton 72

"Around Chekhov" / Mikhail Chekhov Chekhov, Mikhail 73

"Anton Chekhov: My Traveling Companion" / A. Chaikin Chaikin, A. 74

"Selected Works" / Anatoly Koni Koni, Anatoly 75

"A.P. Chekhov and Mongooses" / Mikhail Chekhov Chekhov, Mikhail 76

"Meetings with Chekhov" / Alexandra Khotiaintseva Khotiaintseva, Alexandra 76

4 / Writers and Friends Friends, Writers and

/ Introduction 78

"A.P. Chekhov" / Maxim Gorky Gorky, Maxim 79

"Tatyana Tolstaya and Chekhov" / A. Melkova Melkova, A. 80

"Leo Tolstoy" / Maxim Gorky Gorky, Maxim 81

"Chekhov" / Ivan Bunin Bunin, Ivan 81

"Chekhov Meets Leo Tolstoy" / Sergei Semenov Semenov, Sergei 82

"Letters" / Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton 84

"Memories of Chekhov" / Vassily Maklakov Maklakov, Vassily 85

"Three Meetings" / Alexander Sumbatov-Juzhin Sumbatov-Juzhin, Alexander 86

"About A.P. Chekhov" / Ivan Belousov Belousov, Ivan 87

"Mister Golikov" / Fyodor Fidler Fidler, Fyodor 87

"Two Last Meetings with Chekhov" / Evgeny Karpov Karpov, Evgeny 88

"The Novel of My Life" / Evgeny Yasinsky Yasinsky, Evgeny 90

"Optimistic People" / Vladimir Giliarovsky Giliarovsky, Vladimir 90

"Interview" / Ignaty Potapenko Potapenko, Ignaty 91

"Two Meetings with Chekhov" / Ivan Novikov Novikov, Ivan 93

"About Chekhov" / Alexander Serebrov-Tikhonov Serebrov-Tikhonov, Alexander 94

"Around Tolstoy" / Alexander Goldenweiser Goldenweiser, Alexander 95

"Diary" (from Complete Works) / Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo 96

"From Memories of Chekhov" / Vladimir Simov Simov, Vladimir 97

"The Old Days" / Mikhail Nesterov Nesterov, Mikhail 98

"Interview" / Leonid Sulerzhitsky Sulerzhitsky, Leonid, Vasily Kachalov Kachalov, Vasily 98

"A.P. Chekhov and Culture" / Mikhail Chlenov Chlenov, Mikhail 99

"About Chekhov's Portrait" / Nikolai Panov Panov, Nikolai 100

"Visiting A.P. Chekhov" / Alexander Pleshcheev Pleshcheev, Alexander 101

"Diary" / Alexey Suvorin Suvorin, Alexey 104

"A.P. Chekhov in My Life" / Lydia Avilova Avilova, Lydia 104

5 / Chekhov and Theater Theater, Chekhov and

/ Introduction 108

"Works. My Life in Art" / Konstantin Stanislavsky Stanislavsky, Konstantin 110

"From the Past" / Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir 111

"Memories" / Alexandra Glama-Mesherskaya Glama-Mesherskaya, Alexandra 112

"Diary" / Vsevolod Meyerhold Meyerhold, Vsevolod 113

"The Staging of Ivanov" / Alexander Pleshcheev Pleshcheev, Alexander 113

"Meetings with A.P. Chekhov" / Fyodor Chervinsky Chervinsky, Fyodor 115

"Humor Writers of the 1880s" / Nikolai Ezhov Ezhov, Nikolai 115

"Meetings with Varlamov" / Konstantin Varlamov Varlamov, Konstantin 116

"Moscow and Moscovites" / Vladimir Giliarovsky Giliarovsky, Vladimir 116

"Anton Pavlovich Chekhov" / Vladimir Korolenko Korolenko, Vladimir 117

"A.P. Chekhov" / Maria Chitau Chitau, Maria 119

"About A.P. Chekhov" / Olga Knipper-Chekhova Knipper-Chekhova, Olga 120

"Memories" / Vera Komissarzhevskaya Komissarzhevskaya, Vera 121

"Works. The Moscow Art Theater" / Konstantin Stanislavsky Stanislavsky, Konstantin 123

"From My Memories" / Vassily Kachalov Kachalov, Vassily 124

"A.P. Chekhov" / Nikolai Teleshov Teleshov, Nikolai 128

"Meyerhold: A Biography" / Ivan Volkov Volkov, Ivan 129

"From the Past. The Birth of a Theater" / Vladimir Nemorovich-Danchenko Nemorovich-Danchenko, Vladimir 130

"The Moscow Art Theater in Yalta" / Konstantin Stanislavsky Stanislavsky, Konstantin 132

"A Trip to Crimea" / Konstantin Stanislavsky Stanislavsky, Konstantin 134

"Memories of A.P. Chekhov" / Kleopatra Katarygina Katarygina, Kleopatra 137

"Chekhov and Artyom" / Konstantin Stanislavsky Stanislavsky, Konstantin 139

"From the History of The Cherry Orchard" / Nikolai Efros Efros, Nikolai 140

"Two Meetings with Chekhov" / Savva Mamontov Mamontov, Savva 141

"Chekhov in My Memories" / Sergei Naidenov-Alexeev Naidenov-Alexeev, Sergei 142

"Past and Present" / Leonid Leonidov Leonidov, Leonid 143

"Meetings in Moscow" / Viktor Troinov Troinov, Viktor 144

6 / Chekhov in Yalta: 1898-1904 Yalta:, Chekhov in, 1898-1904

/ Introduction 146

"A.P. Chekhov" / Elena Shavrova Shavrova, Elena 148

"Memories of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov" / Daniil Gorodetsky Gorodetsky, Daniil 149

"Memories of Chekhov" / I. Gurland Gurland, I. 151

"From the Memories of Kuprin" / A.A. Kuprina-Iordanskaya Kuprina-Iordanskaya, A.A. 151

"A.P. Chekhov and Yalta Residents" / Mikhail Pervukhin Pervukhin, Mikhail 152

"Chekhov's House in Yalta" / Lev Shapovalov Shapovalov, Lev 152

"Chekhov Museum in Yalta" / Maria Chekhova Chekhova, Maria 153

"Old Days" / Vladimir Ladyzhensky Ladyzhensky, Vladimir 156

"My Meeting with Chekhov" / Viacheslav Fausek Fausek, Viacheslav 157

"My Life" / Vladimir Posse Posse, Vladimir 160

"Chekhov" / Ivan Bunin Bunin, Ivan 162

"Chekhov. In Memoriam" / Alexander Kuprin Kuprin, Alexander 164

"Meetings with A.P. Chekhov" / Ekaterina Peshkova Peshkova, Ekaterina 166

"A.P.

Chekhov" / Maxim Gorky Gorky, Maxim 168

"Chekhov in Yalta" / Alexey Pleshcheev Pleshcheev, Alexey 169

"Memories of Doctor Altshuller's Son about Chekhov" / Lev Altshuller Altshuller, Lev 170

"About Chekhov" / Isaac Altshuller Altshuller, Isaac 170

"Two Meetings with Chekhov" / Alexey Sergeenko Sergeenko, Alexey 172

"About Chekhov" / Isaac Altshuller Altshuller, Isaac 174

"Anton Pavlovich Chekhov" / Sergei Elpatievsky Elpatievsky, Sergei 176

"In Memory of Chekhov" / Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky Garin-Mikhailovsky, Nikolai 177

"A.P. Chekhov" / Vikenti Veresaev Veresaev, Vikenti 178

"Memories of A.P. Chekhov" / Vladimir Knipper-Nardov Knipper-Nardov, Vladimir 179

"From My Memories of Chekhov" / Mikhail Pervukhin Pervukhin, Mikhail 179

"Memories of A.P. Chekhov" / Natalia Gubareva Gubareva, Natalia 182

"A.P. Chekhov" / Boris Lazarevsky Lazarevsky, Boris 183

"A.P. Chekhov" / Maxim Gorky Gorky, Maxim 184

"Letters" / Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton, Olga Knipper Knipper, Olga 187

"About A.P. Chekhov" / Olga Knipper-Chekhova Knipper-Chekhova, Olga 189

"The Portrait of Chekhov" / Nikolai Ulianov Ulianov, Nikolai 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786458714

0786458712

OCLC:

689522324