Letters between the playwright and the actress who eventually became his wife; chronicles love struggling against the handicap of distance and the ravages of te

Of the thirty volumes in the authoritative Academy edition of Chekhov's collected works, fully twelve are devoted to the writer's letters. This is the first boo

"Conciseness is the sister of talent"-and other essential, illuminating observations and advice from Anton Chekhov, one of the most deeply revered writers of al