Anton Chekhov
Categories:
- General & Literary Fiction,
- Global Majority Theatre and Performance,
- Literary Studies - Other,
- Plays: 18th and 19th Century,
- Plays: 20th Century,
- Plays: 21st Century,
- Plays: Student Editions and Guides,
- Russian, Central and East European Literature,
- Set Texts: Drama,
- Short Stories,
- Travel & Adventure
Author of:
- Chekhov Plays,
- Chekhov: Lady with the Dog,
- Chekhov: Selected Short Stories,
- Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard,
- The Chekhov: The Seagull,
- Chekhov: Three Sisters,
- Chekhov: Three Stories,
- Chekhov: Uncle Vanya,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Cherry Orchard,
- The Death of a Civil Servant,
- The Free State,
- Ivanov,
- Ivanov,
- The Kiss and Other Stories: New Translation,
- The Looking Glass and Other Stories,
- The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays,
- Plays: New Translation,
- Sakhalin Island,
- The Seagull,
- The Seagull,
- The Seagull,
- The Seagull,
- The Seagull,
- The Seagull,
- Small Fry and Other Stories,
- The Sneeze,
- The Story of a Nobody,
- Three Sisters,
- Three Sisters,
- Three Sisters,
- Three Sisters,
- Three Sisters,
- Three Years: New Translation,
- Uncle Vanya,
- Uncle Vanya,
- Uncle Vanya,
- Uncle Vanya,
- Uncle Vanya,
- Uncle Vanya,
- Wild Honey,
- The Woman in the Case
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Biography
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian physician, dramatist and author, is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short stories and modern drama. Born in Taganrog, a port town near the Black Sea, he attended medical school at Moscow University. He began writing to supplement his income, writing short humorous sketches of contemporary Russian life. A successful literary careered followed, before his premature death of TB at the age of 44. He is best-remembered for his four dramatic masterpieces: The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1899), Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).