Notebook of Anton Chekhov

153 Pages·1922·2.98 MB·English

by  Anton Chekhov

NOTE-BOOK OF ANTON CHEKHOV
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S. KS 0. T EL IA N SKY
and
LEONARD WOOLF
NEW YORK B. w. HUEBSCH,MC MIXXINlC .
OOPYBIGBT, 1921B,Y
B. W. HUEBSCH, be.
Pabllohed NoYember, 19il
Seeoad prlattnArp rll. 11111
THisv olumceo nsiofsts n otetsh,e meansd,
sketchfeosrw orkwsh ichA ntonC hekhov
intendetdo w ritaned, arec haracteorfi stic
the methodosf hisa rtisptriocd uction.
Amongh isp aperwsas found a serioefs
sheeitnsa speciaclo vewri tht hei nscrip­
tion":T hemest,h oughntso,t eansd, frag­
ments.M"a dameL .0 .K nipp-eCrhekhov,
Chekhovw'isf ea,l spoos sessheissn ote-book,
inw hichhe e nterseedp aer atthemefso rh is
futuwroer kq,u otatiwohnisc hhe l ikeedt,c .
Ifh eu seandy materihaelu ,s etdo s triikte
in
out then ote-booTkh.e significance
whicChh ekhoavt tributtote hdi msa terial
may bej udgefdr omt hef actth aht e re­
copiemdo sto fi ti ntao s pecicaolp yb ook.

ANTON CHEKHOVD'IARYS.
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