The life of Russia’s greatest dramatist and storyteller examined within the context of the evolution of his art. A "fine biography...a very well-written, intelligent account of Chekhov’s remarkable literary career and of his private actions."-Atlantic Monthly.
Philip Callow's biographies of D. H. Lawrence,
Son and Lover and
Body of Truth, were widely praised. Mr. Callow, himself a novelist, poet, and biographer, has also written lives of
Van Gogh,
Cézanne,
Robert Louis Stevenson, and
Walt Whitman, all published to critical acclaim. Mr. Callow lives and writes in England.
Philip Callow's biographies of D. H. Lawrence,
Son and Lover and
Body of Truth, were widely praised. Mr. Callow, himself a novelist, poet, and biographer, has also written lives of Van Gogh, Cézanne, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Walt Whitman, all published to critical acclaim. Mr. Callow lives and writes in England.