The Wife

by Anton Chekhov

Overview

One of Russia's greatest writers, Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor. Between 1888 and his death he single-handedly revolutionised both the drama and the short story. Near the end of his life he married an actress, Olga Knipper. He died from tuberculosis in 1904, age 44. "The Wife" is one of his classic short stories, not to be missed!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783956762499
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	12/27/2015
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	45
File size:	176 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860[note 2] – 15 July 1904 was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." (Wikipedia)