Anton P. Chekhov

This is a centennial edition containing some of the best pages from memoirs and essays on Chekhov. Included in the volume are a well-known literary portrait by Maxim Gorky, reminiscences of Chekhov's last years by the writer's wife, the late actress Olga Knipper-Chekhova, as well as new essays by Professor V. Yermilov, an authority on Chekhov, and Kornei Chukovsky, a popular Soviet writer.