Chekhov: The Major Plays
by Anton Chekhov (Author); Ann Dunnigan (Translator); Robert Brustein (Foreword)
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0451517679
- ISBN 13
- 9780451517678
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Synopsis
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 Chekhov's story as a man and a writer through affectionate bulletins to his family, insightful discussions of literature with publishers and theater directors, and tender love letters to his actress wife. Vividly evoking landscapes, people, and his daily life, the letters offer revealing glimpses into Chekhov's preoccupations-the onset of tuberculosis, his dual careers as doctor and writer, and his ambivalence about his growing reputation as Russia's foremost playwright and author. This volume takes us inside the mind of one of the world's greatest writers, and the character that emerges from these pages is resilient, generous, charming, and life enhancing.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6vBb0027
- Title
- Chekhov: The Major Plays
- Author
- Anton Chekhov (Author); Ann Dunnigan (Translator); Robert Brustein (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Signet Classic Prn May 1964
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451517679
- ISBN 13
- 9780451517678
- Publisher
- Signet Classic
- Place of Publication
- New York and Scarborough, ON
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Collected Works, Plays, Russian Studies
- Size
- 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall
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