Chekhov by Rosamund Bartlett
A cogent and insightful biography of one of the great Russian writers.
Rosamund Bartlett is a cultural historian with a background in Russian studies. She completed her doctorate at Oxford, worked for many years as an academic, and has published several books. As well as her biography of Chekhov:Scenes From a Life she is the author of Tolstoy: A Russian Life, which was longlisted for the 2011 Samuel Johnson Prize.
She has also worked extensively as a translator. For Oxford World's Classics she has translated Anna Karenina (2014) and a Chekhov anthology, About Love and Other Stories, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Weidenfeld Prize. She is the editor and co-translator of Anton Chekhov: A Life in Letters for Penguin Classics (2004). A new edition of her 2008 Chekhov anthology The Exclamation Mark and Other Stories will be published by Hesperus in September 2025. Her co-edited Anton Chekhov, Earliest Stories will be published in November 2025 with Cherry Orchard Books, an imprint of Academic Studies Press.
She has also worked extensively as a translator. For Oxford World's Classics she has translated Anna Karenina (2014) and a Chekhov anthology, About Love and Other Stories, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Weidenfeld Prize. She is the editor and co-translator of Anton Chekhov: A Life in Letters for Penguin Classics (2004). A new edition of her 2008 Chekhov anthology The Exclamation Mark and Other Stories will be published by Hesperus in September 2025. Her co-edited Anton Chekhov, Earliest Stories will be published in November 2025 with Cherry Orchard Books, an imprint of Academic Studies Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743230759 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743230752 |
| Title | Chekhov |
| Author | Rosamund Bartlett |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2005-07-04 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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