A Life in Letters - Penguin Classics Author:Anton Chekhov From his teenage years in provincial Russia to his premature death in 1904, Anton Chekhov wrote thousands of letters to a wide range of correspondents. This fascinating new selection tells Chekhovs story as a man and a writer through affectionate bulletins to his family, insightful discussions of literature with publishers and theater... more » directors, and tender love letters to his actress wife. Vividly evoking landscapes, people, and his daily life, the letters offer revealing glimpses into Chekhovs preoccupationsthe onset of tuberculosis, his dual careers as doctor and writer, and his ambivalence about his growing reputation as Russias foremost playwright and author. This volume takes us inside the mind of one of the worlds greatest writers, and the character that emerges from these pages is resilient, generous, charming, and life enhancing.« less
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