num_pages: 224
description: To illuminate the mysterious greatness of Anton Chekhov’s writings, Janet Malcolm takes on three literary critic, biographer, and journalist. Her close readings of the stories and plays are interwoven with episodes from Chekhov’s life and framed by an account of Malcolm’s journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Yalta. She writes of Chekhov’s childhood, his relationships, his travels, his early success, and his self-imposed “exile”—always with an eye to connecting them to themes and characters in his work. Lovers of Chekhov as well as those new to his work will be transfixed by Reading Chekhov .
language: English
title: Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey
titlecomplete: Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey
genres: Russian Literature, Biography, Literary Criticism, Criticism, Russia, Nonfiction, Travel, Literature, Books About Books, Memoir
ratings_count: 349
publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks