Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov

The Letters of Anton Chekhov, like those of Flaubert, are astonishing in their immersive range and in their literary quality. Beginning in 1885, when he was twenty-five, and ending with his death less than twenty years later, the correspondence testifies to an extraordinary career. This selection of 250 letters out of the eighteen hundred and ninety letters published by Chekhov's family, Translated by Constance Garnett gives a complete illustration of Chekhov's life, caharacter and opinions.