A Life in Letters
$40.99
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2004
Summary
From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, Chekhov wrote over 4,500 letters to a range of correspondents, including family and friends, his publisher and fellow writers - not to mention actresses. These letters tell the story of Chekhov’s life as a man and a writer and he emerges from them as a tough, generous, life-enhancing, and enigmatic character.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449228 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449221 |
| Author: | Anton Chekhov, Rosamund Bartlett, Anthony Phillips |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2004 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician and writer of short stories and plays, including the masterpieces- ‘Uncle Vanya’, ‘The Seagull’, and ‘The Cherry Orchard’.
Rosamund Bartlett is the author of Shostakovich in Context (OUP, 2000) and Wagner and Russia (CUP, 1995). She is currently working on a biography of Anton Chekhov that will be published by Simon & Schuster.
Anthony Phillips is the translator of the letters between Dmitry Shostakovich and Isaak Gilkman that were published as Story of a Friendship (Faber, 2001/ Cornell UP, 2001)
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