An anthology of reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by various authors and contemporaries. The second part contains Chekhov’s correspondences in the form of letters with various writers and other contemporaries.

Translated from the Russian by Cynthia Carlile (Reminiscences) and
Sharon McKee (Letters)

Designed by Boris Kazachkov

Compiled by Andrei Turkov

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Contents

Introduction 7

Part One. REMINISCENCES 15
K. A. Korovin. From My Meetings with Anton Chekhov 16
V. G. Korolenko. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov .24
T. L. Shchepkina-Kupernik. On Chekhov 38
V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. Chekhov 74
M. M. Chitau. The Premiere of The Seagull (Reminiscences) .94
M. M. Kovalevsky. On A. P. Chekhov 100
K. S. Stanislavsky. A. P. Chekhov at the Arts Theatre (Reminiscences) 106
Maxim Gorky. A. P. Chekhov .175
I. A. Bunin. Chekhov 194
O. L. Knipper-Chekhova. About A. P. Chekhov 221
Notes .244

Part Two. LETTERS 249
To Alexander P. Chekhov. Between 20 and 29 February 1883 250
To Nikolai A. Leikin. Between 21 and 24 August 1883 257
To Nikolai A. Leikin. 12 October 1885 258
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 21 February 1886 .260
To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 28 March 1886 .261
To Nikolai P. Chekhov. March 1886 .263
To Alexander P. Chekhov. 10 May 1886 267
To Maria V. Kiseleva. 29 September 1886 268
To Maria V. Kiseleva. 14 January 1887 .270
To Vladimir G. Korolenko. 17 October 1887 274
To Alexander P. Chekhov. 24 October 1887 275
To Alexander P. Chekhov. 20 November 1887 275
To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 12 January 1888 .277
To Yakov P. Polonsky. 18 January 1888 .280
To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 5 February 1888 .282
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 30 May 1888 .284
To Alexei N. Pleshcheyev. 15 September 1888 289
To Alexei N. Pleshcheyev. 4 October 1888 290
To Dmitry V. Grigorovich. 9 October 1888 291
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 18 October 1888 293
To Alexander S. Lazarev-Gruzinsky. 20 October 1888 .298
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 27 October 1888 .300
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 3 November 1888 .303
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 23 December 1888 307
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 7 January 1889 .308
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 7 May 1889 309
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 15 May 1889 .311
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 18-23 December 1889 .313
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 9 March 1890 .314
To Mikhail I. Tchaikovsky. 16 March 1890 317
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 1 April 1890 .318
To Vukol M. Lavrov. 10 April 1890 .318
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 9 December 1890 320
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 25 November 1892 322
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 3 December 1892 324
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 27 March 1894 325
To Anatoly F. Kony. 11 November 1896 .326
To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 26 November 1896 .328
To Fyodor D. Batiushkov. 23 January 1898 .329
To Alexandra A. Khotyaintseva. 2 February 1898 .329
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 6 February 1898 330
To Olga G. Chekhova. 22 February 1898 .332
To Pavel F. Iordanov. 21 September 1898 .333
To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 21 October 1898 .334
To Alexei M. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 16 November 1898 .334
To Alexei M. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 December 1898 .335
To Pavel F. Iordanov. 25 January 1899 337
To Alexander I. Urusov. 1 February 1899 337
To Lidia A. Avilova. 18 February 1899 338
To Alexei S. Suvorin. 4 March 1899 339
To Ivan I. Orlov. 18 March 1899 339
To Alexei M. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 25 April 1899 340
To Pavel F. Iordanov. 15 May 1899 .341
To Alexei M. Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 September 1899 341
To the Moscow Arts Theatre. 1 October 1899 .342
To Olga L. Knipper. 4 October 1899 343
To Vladimir I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. 24 November 1899 .344
To Olga L. Knipper. 2 January 1900 345
To Mikhail O. Menshikov. 28 January 1900 346
To Olga L. Knipper. 9 August 1900 348
To Ivan A. Bunin. 15 January 1902 .348
To Alexander N. Veselovsky. 25 August 1902 .349
To Sergei P. Diaghilev. 30 December 1902 350
To Alexander I. Sumbatov-Yuzhin. 26 February 1903 .351
To Sergei P. Diaghilev. 12 July 1903 352
To Vladimir G. Korolenko. 15 July 1903 .353
To Vladimir L. Kign-Dedlov. 10 November 1903 .353
To Alexander V. Amfiteatrov. 13 April 1904 .354
Notes 357