Anton Chekhov: A Life by Donald Rayfield Ukraine history Published to great acclaim in

Published to great acclaim in the USSR in 1985 and now available in English for the first time

allegiances and hopes for the future

Where the stories included in two earlier collections (Memories of the Future and Autobiography of a Corpse) are denser and darker

Yudina remained a special case

and Aquitaine

Anton Chekhov: A Life by Donald Rayfield Ukraine history Published to great acclaim inAnton Chekhov's life was short, intense and dominated by battles, both with his dependents and with the tuberculosis that killed him at age forty four. The traditional image of Chekhov is that of the restrained artist torn between medicine and literature. But Donald Rayfield's biography reveals the life long hidden behind the noble faade. Here is a man capable of both great generosity toward needy peasants and harsh callousness toward lovers and