The Autobiographical Writings of Anton Chekhov
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This eBook edition of «The Autobiographical Writings of Anton Chekhov» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt: "DEAR BROTHER MISHA, I got your letter when I was fearfully bored and was sitting at the gate yawning, and so you can judge how welcome that immense letter was. Your writing is good, and in the whole letter I have not found one mistake in spelling. But one thing I don't like: why do you style yourself «your worthless and insignificant brother»? You recognize your insignificance? … Recognize it before God; perhaps, too, in the presence of beauty, intelligence, nature, but not before men. Among men you must be conscious of your dignity. Why, you are not a rascal, you are an honest man, aren't you? Well, respect yourself as an honest man and know that an honest man is not something worthless. Don't confound «being humble» with «recognizing one's worthlessness.» …" (Letters of Anton Chekhov To His Family and Friends) Anton Chekhov (1860 –1904) was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. Contents: Biography by Constance Garnett, Autobiographical Writings: Letters of Anton Chekhov to his Family and Friends, Notebook of Anton Chekhov, Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov: Fragments of Recollections by Maxim Gorky, A. P. Chekhov by Ivan Bunin, To Chekhov's Memory by Alexander Kuprin
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Anton Chekhov. The Autobiographical Writings of Anton Chekhov
The Autobiographical Writings of Anton Chekhov
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Introduction:
Biography by Constance Garnett
Autobiographical Writings:
LETTERS OF ANTON CHEKHOV TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
LETTERS TO HIS BROTHER MIHAIL
TO HIS COUSIN, MIHAIL CHEKHOV
TO HIS UNCLE, M. G. CHEKHOV
TO N. A. LEIKIN
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO D. V. GRIGOROVITCH
TO N. A. LEIKIN
TO MADAME M. V. KISELYOV
TO HIS BROTHER NIKOLAY
TO MADAME M. V. KISELYOV
TO HIS UNCLE, M. G. CHEKHOV
TO HIS SISTER
TO V. G. KOROLENKO
TO HIS BROTHER ALEXANDR
TO D. V. GRIGOROVITCH
TO V. G. KOROLENKO
TO A. N. PLESHTCHEYEV
TO I. L. SHTCHEGLOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO A. N. PLESHTCHEYEV
TO HIS SISTER
TO HIS BROTHER MIHAIL
TO N. A. LEIKIN
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO A. N. PLESHTCHEYEV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO N. M. LINTVARYOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO I. L. SHTCHEGLOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS SISTER
FROM THE STEAMER,
TO MADAME KISELYOV
TO HIS SISTER
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS SISTER
TO HIS BROTHER ALEXANDR
TO A. N. PLESHTCHEYEV
TO N. A. LEIKIN
TO HIS SISTER
TO HIS MOTHER
TO N. A. LEIKIN
TO HIS SISTER
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS SISTER
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS MOTHER
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS SISTER
TO A. F. KONI
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO MADAME KISELYOV
TO HIS SISTER
TO HIS BROTHER IVAN
TO MADAME KISELYOV
TO HIS SISTER,
TO MADAME KISELYOV
TO HIS SISTER
TO HIS BROTHER MIHAIL
TO HIS SISTER
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO L. S. MIZINOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO L. S. MIZINOV
TO L. S. MIZINOV
TO HIS SISTER
TO MADAME KISELYOV
TO HIS BROTHER ALEXANDR
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO E. M. S
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO MADAME LINTVARYOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO E. M. S
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO N. A. LEIKIN
TO E. P. YEGOROV
TO A. I. SMAGIN
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO A. I. SMAGIN
TO A. N. PLESHTCHEYEV
TO V. A. TIHONOV
TO A. S. KISELYOV
TO I. L. SHTCHEGLOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO MADAME AVILOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO MADAME AVILOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO L. S. MIZINOV
TO HIS BROTHER ALEXANDR
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO MADAME AVILOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS BROTHER MIHAIL
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS SISTER
TO HIS BROTHER MIHAIL
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO E. M. S
TO A. F. KONI
TO V. I. NEMIROVITCH-DANTCHENKO
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO A. I. ERTEL
TO SUVORIN
TO MADAME AVILOV
TO F. D. BATYUSHKOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO F. D. BATYUSHKOV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS BROTHER ALEXANDR
TO HIS BROTHER MIHAIL
TO GORKY
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO HIS BROTHER MIHAIL
TO I. I. ORLOV
TO MADAME AVILOV
TO GORKY
TO O. L. KNIPPER
TO G. I. ROSSOLIMO
TO O. L. KNIPPER
TO GORKY
TO O. L. KNIPPER
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO P. I. KURKIN
TO V. M. SOBOLEVSKY
TO G. I. ROSSOLIMO
TO O. L. KNIPPER
TO F. D. BATYUSHKOV
TO M. O. MENSHIKOV
TO L. S. MIZINOV
TO GORKY
TO O. L. KNIPPER
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO O. L. KNIPPER
TO GORKY
TO V. A. POSSE
TO A. S. SUVORIN,
TO O. L. KNIPPER
TO HIS SISTER
TO O. L. KNIPPER
TO HIS SISTER
TO GORKY
TO S. P. DYAGILEV
TO A. S. SUVORIN
TO S. P. DYAGILEV
TO K. S. STANISLAVSKY
TO MADAME STANISLAVSKY
TO K. S. STANISLAVSKY
TO V. I. NEMIROVITCH DANTCHENKO
TO A. L. VISHNEVSKY
TO K. S. STANISLAVSKY
TO F. D. BATYUSHKOV
TO MADAME AVILOV
TO FATHER SERGEY SHTCHUKIN
TO HIS SISTER
NOTEBOOK OF ANTON CHEKHOV
Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov:
FRAGMENTS OF RECOLLECTIONS by Maxim Gorky
A.P. CHEKHOV by Ivan Bunin
TO CHEKHOV'S MEMORY by Alexander Kuprin
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Anton Chekhov
Biography by Constance Garnett
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Chekhov took an active interest in the census of the people in 1896. It will be remembered that he had made a census of the whole convict population of the island of Sahalin on his own initiative and at his own expense in 1890. Now he was taking part in a census again. He studied peasant life in all its aspects; he was on intimate terms with his peasant neighbours, to whom he was now indispensable as a doctor and a friend always ready to give them good counsel.
Just before the census was completed Chekhov was taken ill with influenza, but that did not prevent his carrying out his duties. In spite of headache, he went from hut to hut and village to village, and then had to work at putting together his materials. He was absolutely alone in his work. The Zemsky Natchalniks, upon whom the government relied principally to carry out the census, were inert, and for the most part the work was left to private initiative.
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