• Paperback
• Condition: Good
• 358 pages
• Non-Fiction: History, Biography

A portrait of Russia's greatest dramatist and writer of short fiction by the pre-eminent translator of his works into English.

Chekhov's writing is famous for contriving to imply infinitely more than initially meets the eye, and this is true also of his life, which raises nearly as many questions as his stories and plays.

What were his social, political, and philosophical views? What were his opinions of his fellow writers? Why did he refer to the literature he practised as his 'mistress', and the medicine he studied but did not pursue as his 'wife'? And what of his relationships with women - those reputed to be his mistresses and Olga Knipper the vivacious actress he made his wife when he had only three years left to live?