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The Seagull (1896) is among Anton Chekhov’s most acclaimed dramas. It revolves around two actresses and two writers grappling with a generational divide brought about by societal changes in Russia.
The Essential Tales of Chekhov (1999) is a collection of Chekhov’s most renowned short stories. In the introduction, editor Richard Ford delves into the relevance of Chekhov’s short fiction for modern readers and authors.
Chekhov, the Hidden Ground: A Biography (1998), written by Thomas A. Eekman, stands as one of the two latest biographies of Chekhov.
Anton Chekhov and His Times (1995), edited by Andrei Turkov, features letters from Chekhov along with excerpts of recollections about him from his contemporaries.
The Itinerants: The Masters of Russian Realism (1996), authored by Yelena Nesterova, explores Russian Realist art, focusing on painting from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Women in Society: Russia (1994), by E. M. Kotliarskaia, examines the social conditions faced by women in Russia.
What Life Was Like in the Time of “War and Peace”: Imperial Russia, AD 1696–1917 (1998), produced by the editors of Time-Life Books, is part of their series and discusses Russian history and society in imperial Russia leading up to the 1917 revolution.
Notes from the Underground (1864), a novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is a significant work by one of Russia’s greatest authors and has profoundly influenced Western literature.
The Death of Ivan Ilytch (1886), by Leo Tolstoy, is widely regarded as the greatest novella in Russian literature. It explores the reflections of a man approaching death.
My Childhood (1913–14), authored by Maxim Gorky, a friend and literary successor of Chekhov and the founder of socialist realism in Russian literature, is the first novel in his autobiographical trilogy.
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