Memories of Chekhov: Accounts of the Writer from His Family, Friends and Contemporaries
"The first documentary biography of Anton Chekhov. All of this materialappears in English translation for the first time." - New York Review of Books."A brilliant, engrossing collection of memories. This volume offers a rich, multi-facetedportrait of one of the world's greatest, and most under-appreciated, author." - Russian LifeThis anthology contains over 100 first-hand accounts of Chekhov.I was especially struck by some of the passages about links betweenChekhov's writing and his gardening."  - Spectator"Tolstoy hated Chekhov's plays and wasn't shy about telling him, accordingto an excerpt from Memories of Chekhov."  - The New Yorker"Tolstoy's condemnation of Chekhov's plays as "worse than Shakespeare"has been thrown back into the spotlight by a new book that draws on memoriesof the author from his contemporaries." - The Guardian