Anton Chekhov was probably the least statuesque major Russian writer of his generation. He wrote short stories rather than novels, lived modestly, and rarely boomed out complicated philosophical ideas ...

From the introduction: “To indicate instances of Chekhov’s imagination at work and at play, I quote at length from his stories and letters and provide continual biographical commentary. It’s possible, ...

FROM THE DUST JACKET: To illuminate the mysterious greatness of Anton Chekhov’s writings, Janet Malcolm takes on three roles: literary critic, biographer, and journalist. Her close readings of the ...

“There is still no satisfactory book on Anton Chekhov,” wrote the great Irish storyteller Frank O’Connor in 1963, and in 1988 the statement remains true, despite three distinguished recent attempts to ...

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian playwright and writer, whose plays received international acclaim, and who as a short-story writer is still regarded as virtually unmatched. Along ...

In 1890 Anton Chekhov, who by all accounts was a highly sensitive person, was completely shaken up by his three months on Sakhalin Island. After a long and grueling journey by train, horse-carriage ...

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was ...

Thanks to the discovery of the unpublished memoir of an eyewitness, Julian Evans can tell the full story of the great writer's final moments If you turn the tables on someone you reverse your ...

THE PLAYS of Anton Chekhov have been a staple of the Irish repertoire for almost 100 years. The Russian writer was first introduced to Irish audiences in 1915, when Edward Martyn's Irish Theatre ...