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Anton Chekhov And His Times »

Authors: Andrei Turkov (Editor), Ed Turkov Trans Carlile & McKee, Sharon McKee
ISBN-13: 9781557283900, ISBN-10: 1557283907
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Date Published: November 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Andrei Turkov

Book Synopsis

This anthology comprises reminiscences by a number of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's contemporaries. Now available for the first time in English in America, these sixty-eight letters and ten essay-length reminiscences trace the development of Chekhov's personality and talent, opening a window into the life and times of one of the world's greatest short-story writers and playwrights.

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A newly-translated collection of 68 letters and ten essay-length reminiscences by Chekhov's contemporaries tracing the development of his personality and talent. Topics include his family life and marriage, his early works, stage productions of his plays, and the philosophies behind his writing. Originally published in 1990 by Progress Publishers, Moscow. Paper edition (unseen), $18.00. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Introduction
Pt. 1	Reminiscences
	From My Meetings with Anton Chekhov	3
	Anton Pavlovich Chekhov	11
	On Chekhov	25
	Chekhov	59
	The Premiere of The Seagull	77
	On A. P. Chekhov	83
	A. P. Chekhov at the Arts Theater	89
	A. P. Chekhov	149
	Chekhov	167
	About A. P. Chekhov	191
	Notes
Pt. 2	Letters
	To Alexander P. Chekhov. 20-29 February 1883	223
	To Nikolai A. Leikin. 21-24 August 1883	229
	To Nikolai A. Leikin. 12 October 1885	230
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 21 February 1886	232
	To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 28 March 1886	233
	To Nikolai P. Chekhov. March 1886	235
	To Alexander P. Chekhov. 10 May 1886	238
	To Maria V. Kiseleva. 29 September 1886	239
	To Maria V. Kiseleva. 14 January 1887	241
	To Vladimir G. Korolenko. 17 October 1887	244
	To Alexander P. Chekhov. 24 October 1887	245
	To Alexander P. Chekhov. 20 November 1887	246
	To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 12 January 1888	247
	To Yakov P. Polonsky. 18 January 1888	250
	To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 5 February 1888	252
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 30 May 1888	253
	To Alexei N. Pleshcheyev. 15 September 1888	258
	To Alexei N. Pleshcheyev. 4 October 1888	259
	To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 9 October 1888	260
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 18 October 1888	262
	To Alexander S. Lazarev-Gruzinsky. 20 October 1888	266
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 27 October 1888	268
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 3 November 1888	271
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 23 December 1888	274
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 7 January 1889	275
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 7 May 1889	276
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 15 May 1889	278
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 18-23 December 1889	280
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 9 March 1890	281
	To Mikhail I. Tchaikovsky. 16 March 1890	283
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 1 April 1890	284
	To Vukol M. Lavrov. 10 April 1890	284
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 9 December 1890	286
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 25 November 1892	288
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 3 December 1892	290
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 27 March 1894	291
	To Anatoly F. Kony. 11 November 1896	292
	To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 26 November 1896	293
	To Fyodor D. Batiushkov. 23 January 1898	294
	To Alexandra A. Khotyaintseva. 2 February 1898	294
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 6 February 1898	295
	To Olga G. Chekhova. 22 February 1898	297
	To Pavel F. Iordanov. 21 September 1898	298
	To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 21 October 1898	298
	To Alexei N. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 16 November 1898	299
	To Alexei N. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 December 1898	299
	To Pavel F. Iordanov. 25 January 1899	301
	To Alexander I. Urusov. 1 February 1899	301
	To Lidia A. Avilova. 18 February 1899	302
	To Alexei S. Suvorin. 4 March 1899	303
	To Ivan I. Orlov. 18 March 1899	303
	To Alexei M. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 25 April 1899	304
	To Pavel F. Iordanov. 15 May 1899	305
	To Alexei N. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 September 1899	305
	To the Moscow Arts Theater. 1 October 1899	306
	To Olga L. Knipper. 4 October 1899	307
	To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 24 November 1899	307
	To Olga L. Knipper. 2 January 1900	309
	To Mikhail O. Menshikov. 28 January 1900	310
	To Olga L. Knipper. 9 August 1900	311
	To Ivan A. Bunin. 15 January 1902	312
	To Alexander N. Vaselovsky. 25 August 1902	312
	To Sergei P. Diaghilev. 30 December 1902	313
	To Alexander I. Sumbatov-Yuzhin. 26 February 1903	314
	To Sergei P. Diaghilev. 12 July 1903	315
	To Vladimir G. Korolenko. 15 July 1903	316
	To Vladimir L. Kign-Dedlov: 10 November 1903	316
	To Alexander V. Amfiteatrov. 13 April 1904	317
	Notes	319