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This anthology comprises reminiscences by a number of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov’s contemporaries, including the artist Konstantin Korovin, the writer Maxim Gorky, and Chekhov’s wife, Olga Knipper-Chekhova, and numerous letters written by Chekhov to his fellow writers and artists, family, publishers, and others.

Now available for the first time in English in America, these sixty-eight letters and ten essay-length reminiscences trace the development of Chekhov’s personality and talent, opening a window into the life and times of one of the world’s greatest short-story writers and playwrights. These perspectives on his family life and marriage, his early works, the stage productions of his plays, his literary successes, and the philosophies behind his writing create a rich biography of Chekhov that will reward writers, scholars, and all lovers of literature.


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ISBN-13: 9781610750950
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Publication date: 07/01/1995
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 344
File size: 9 MB

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Part One. Reminiscences K. A. Korovin. From My Meetings with Anton Chekhov V. G. Korolenko. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov T. L. Shchepkina-Kupernik. On Chekhov V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. Chekhov M. M. Chitau. The Premiere of The Seagull M. M. Kovalevsky. On A. P. Chekhov K. S. Stanislavsky. A. P. Chekhov at the Arts Theater Maxim Gorky. A. P. Chekhov I. A. Bunin. Chekhov O. L. Knipper-Chekhova. About A. P. Chekhov Notes Part Two. Letters To Alexander P. Chekhov. 20–29 FEBRUARY 1883 To Nikolai A. Leikin. 21–24 AUGUST 1883 To Nikolai A. Leikin. 12 OCTOBER 1885 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 21 FEBRUARY 1886 To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 28 MARCH 1886 To Nikolai P. Chekhov. MARCH 1886 To Alexander P. Chekhov. 10 MAY 1886 To Maria V. Kiseleva. 29 SEPTEMBER 1886 To Maria V. Kiseleva. 14 JANUARY 1887 To Vladimir G. Korolenko. 17 OCTOBER 1887 To Alexander P. Chekhov. 24 OCTOBER 1887 To Alexander P. Chekhov. 20 NOVEMBER 1887 To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 12 JANUARY 1888 To Yakov P. Polonsky. 18 JANUARY 1888 To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 5 FEBRUARY 1888 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 30 MAY 1888 To Alexei N. Pleshcheyev. 15 SEPTEMBER 1888 To Alexei N. Pleshcheyev. 4 OCTOBER 1888 To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 9 OCTOBER 1888 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 18 OCTOBER 1888 To Alexander S. Lazarev-Gruzinsky. 20 OCTOBER 1888 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 27 OCTOBER 1888 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 3 NOVEMBER 1888 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 23 DECEMBER 1888 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 7 JANUARY 1889 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 7 MAY 1889 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 15 MAY 1889 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 18–23 DECEMBER 1889 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 9 MARCH 1890 To Mikhail I. Tchaikovsky. 16 MARCH 1890 To Vukol M. Lavrov. 10 APRIL 1890 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 9 DECEMBER 1890 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 25 NOVEMBER 1892 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 3 DECEMBER 1892 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 27 MARCH 1894 To Anatoly F. Kony. 11 NOVEMBER 1896 To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 23 NOVEMBER 1896 To Alexandra A. Khotyaintseva. 2 FEBRUARY 1898 To Alexei S. Suvorin. 6 FEBRUARY 1898 To Olga G. Chekhova. 22 FEBRUARY 1898 To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 21 OCTOBER 1898 To Alexei M. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 DECEMBER 1898 To Alexander I. Urusov. 1 FEBRUARY 1899 To Lidia A. Avilova. 18 FEBRUARY 1899 To Ivan I. Orlov. 18 MARCH 1899 To Alexei M. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 25 APRIL 1899 To Alexei M Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 SEPTEMBER 1899 To the Moscow Arts Theater. 1 OCTOBER 1899 To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 24 NOVEMBER 1899 To Olga L. Knipper. 2 JANUARY 1900 To Mikhail O. Menshikov. 28 JANUARY 1900 To Olga L. Knipper. 9 AUGUST 1900 To Alexander N. Vaselovsky. 25 AUGUST 1902 To Sergei P. Diaghilev. 30 DECEMBER 902 To Alexander I. Sumbatov-Yuzhin. 26 FEBRUARY 1903 To Sergei P. Diaghilev. 12 JULY 1903 To Vladimir L. Kign-Dedlov. 10 NOVEMBER 1903 To Alexander V. Amfiteatrov. 13 APRIL 1904 Notes
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