Reading Chekhov. A Critical Journey

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In Reading Chekhov Janet Malcolm takes on three roles: literary critic, biographer and journalist. Her close readings of Chekhov`s stories and plays are interwoven with episodes from his life and framed by an account of a recent journey she made to St Petersburg. Malcolm demonstrates how the shadow of death that hovered over most of Chekhov`s literary career - he became consumptive in his twenties and died in his forties - is almost everywhere reflected in the work. She writes of his childhood,

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