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This, the only short book-form biography of Chekhov in English, draws on all available material about Chekhov’s life, including his complete published correspondence, but offers a manageable, indexed reference biography for students and the general reader. The author, who has engaged with Chekhov in Russia and Britain for over fifty years, presents a new, factually scrupulous interpretation of Chekhov’s life and many individual works, focussing particularly on his ethos as a writer, his humour, sexuality, politics, values and beliefs, as well as detailing the Russian historical context. 
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