Chekhov's Biography

Anton Chekhov: A Life

☆A biography that will give people a whole new understanding of Chekhov's life and works☆A standard reference book on Chekhov's life recommended to all literature lovers. British Russian literature scholar Donald Rayfield spent five years visiting various Russian archives to study Chekhov's life. He studied and verified thousands of unpublished letters with family members, lovers, and friends, and told the story of Chekhov's life and works in the form of a chronicle.
Rayfield tried to present the complex, three-dimensional, flesh-and-blood image of Chekhov as a "person" in a better and more vivid way to those who love him.
After the English version of "Chekhov's Biography" was published in 1997, it aroused strong response in the international Chekhov academic community, and the English and Russian versions were reprinted many times.
Rayfield spent five years in Russia researching Chekhov's life, uncovering numerous previously unpublished letters with family members, loved ones, and friends, which offer a new understanding of the life and work of this great Russian writer. This book should become the standard reference on Chekhov's life and is recommended to all literary lovers.
—Library Journal
Gorky, speaking of Chekhov, said that no one understood "the tragedy of life's little things" as clearly as he did. Rayfield certainly took this to heart. This biography of Chekhov is filled with minute details that paint a portrait of Chekhov, his extended family, and his many friends. Rayfield's meticulous research into primary sources, uncovering numerous letters that have been deliberately ignored or cleverly embellished, results in a Chekhov who is warmer, more open, and more human. And that's no bad thing.
—Publishers Weekly
Rayfield has done a profound service to Chekhov and his readers: his exploration of Chekhov ultimately yields a complex, ambiguous, and even disturbing portrait of the author who ultimately feels like the real author behind the artwork.
—Claire Kavanagh, The New York Times Book Review

2023-09-01

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