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Anton Chekhov – The Man Behind the Books: Letters, Diary, Memoirs & Biography

Musaicum Books presents to you “ANTON CHEKHOV — The Man Behind The Books: Letters, Diary, Memoirs & Biography”. This eBook edition 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
545 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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  • Марта Джонуаhas quoted9 years ago
    There are people who can be demoralized even by children’s books, and who read with particular pleasure the piquant passages in the Psalms and in Solomon’s Proverbs, while there are others who become only the purer from closer knowledge of the filthy side of life.
  • Марта Джонуаhas quoted9 years ago
    There are people who can be demoralized even by children’s books, and who read with particular pleasure the piquant passages in the Psalms and in Solomon’s Proverbs, while there are others who become only the purer from closer knowledge of the filthy
  • Марта Джонуаhas quoted9 years ago
    Cultured people must, in my opinion, satisfy the following conditions:
    1. They respect human personality, and therefore they are always kind, gentle, polite, and ready to give in to others. They do not make a row because of a hammer or a lost piece of indiarubber; if they live with anyone they do not regard it as a favour and, going away, they do not say “nobody can live with you.” They forgive noise and cold and dried-up meat and witticisms and the presence of strangers in their homes.
    2. They have sympathy not for beggars and cats alone. Their heart aches for what the eye does not see…. They sit up at night in order to help P…., to pay for brothers at the University, and to buy clothes for their mother.
    3. They respect the property of others, and therefor pay their debts.
    4. They are sincere, and

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