photos of, 4, 43, 46, 209
plays by, x, 58–59, 181–182, 209, 222, 312, 323, 340, 343, 346–357, 360–363, 366–372, 372, 373–378, 383
praise for, 83–147, 223–224, 242, 359–360, 395–398
prize for, 359–360, 396
psychological state of, x–xii
skits by, xx, 4–5, 12–14, 17, 27, 36, 65, 107–109, 117, 162, 178, 188, 194, 346, 395
stories by, ix–xii, xv–xvii, 3–207, 209–394, 399–406
talent of, ix–xix, 7–8, 19–20, 48–53, 74–77, 125–128, 250–255, 347
wife of, 230, 397
see also specific stories
Chekhov, Georgy, 172, 275, 314, 358
Chekhov, Ivan 1886–1887, xiv–xv, 89–90, 108, 161
1887–1888, 292, 310, 392, 394
Chekhov, Mikhail 1886–1887, xii–xv, 14–15, 45, 90, 99, 103, 110, 119, 128, 141, 150–151, 165, 194–195, 201
1887–1888, 295, 327, 344, 394
Chekhov, Mitrofan, xiii, 89, 176, 212, 223–224, 358
Chekhov, Nikolay 1886–1887, xiv, 3–4, 8, 21, 44–55, 71, 87, 90, 110–112, 116–117, 121, 128, 132, 146, 150, 160–163, 166, 199
1887–1888, 212, 223, 226, 250, 292, 374, 397
1888–1889, 53, 397
photo of, 46
Chekhov, Pavel 1886–1887, xii–xv, 9, 33, 89–90, 116, 143, 149, 165–166, 173–176, 199
1887–1888, 223, 283, 302, 320–322, 358
Chekhov, Volodya, 224
Chekhov: A Life, 399
“Chekhov and Korolenko,” 222
Chekhov i Evrei (Chekhov and the Jews), 185
Chekhov: Scenes from a Life, xvii
Chekhova, Evgenia 1886–1887, xiii, xv, xviii, 47, 143, 168, 191, 199
1887–1888, 223
Chekhova, Maria 1886–1887, xiv, 14, 16, 22, 25, 37, 55, 149, 161, 182, 194, 199–200
1887–1888, 266–267, 273, 284, 292, 294, 303–304, 327, 335–336
Chekhova, Olga Knipper, 230, 397
“Chemist’s Wife, The” (“Aptekarsha”), 119–120, 402
Cherry Orchard, The, 126, 349
“Children” (“Detvora”), 18, 18–19, 21, 400
children’s stories 1886 stories, x, 18, 18–19, 21, 104, 205–206, 206
1887 stories, 340, 357, 387–390
Chopin, Frédéric, 119
“Chorus Girl, The” (“Khoristka”), 123–124, 127, 402
“City of the Future, The,” 108
Cleese, John, 117
“Cold Blood,” 366
Collected Works, 13, 62, 73, 80, 111, 115, 190–192, 198, 270, 293, 339, 357, 362, 396–397, 399
“Contest, The” (“Konkurs”), 14, 400
“Conversation of a Drunken Man with a Sober Devil,” 27, 400
Coope, John, 48, 82, 86, 232
“Cossack, The” (“Kazak”), 279, 281, 284–285, 404
“Court Counselor Hemorrhoid Dioskorovich Boat-y,” 6
“Creative Self, The,” 243
Cricket, The, 62, 361
Crime and Punishment, 241
“Critic, The” (“Kritik”), 293, 405
D
“Darkness” (“Temnota”), 241–242, 404
Davydov, 352, 362, 371–373, 375
“Day in the Country” (“Den’ za Gorodom”), 111, 401
“Defenseless Creature, A” (“Bezzashchitnoe Sushchestvo”), 254, 404
Denner, Michael A., 153
“Dependents, The” (“Nakhlebniki”), 153–157, 402
“Difficult People” (“Tyajhelye Lyudi”), 160, 164–177, 295, 403
“Discovery, The” (“Otkrytie”), 17, 19, 400
“Doctor, The” (“Doktor”), 331, 344, 405
Doctor Zhivago, 116
Dolzhenko, Aleksei, 223
Dostoevsky, Fyodor, xi, xx, 45, 61, 74, 128, 241, 272, 378
Dragonfly, The, 396
“Drama,” 158–159, 312, 355, 402, 405
“Dramaturge,” 194, 403
“Dreams” (“Mechti”), 188–189, 403
“Drunk” (“P’yanie”), 245–246, 404
“Duel, The,” 396–397
Dyukovskiy, Mikhail, 15, 36
E
“Easter Eve” (“Svtyatoyu Noch’yu”), 83, 90–98, 397–398, 401
Efros, Evdokiya “Dunya” 1886–1887, 16, 24–26, 41, 61, 67, 70, 103–107, 111, 118, 121–122, 130, 136, 158–161, 164, 181–185, 188, 193–194
1887–1888, 221–223, 254, 267, 275, 280, 284, 340, 368
photo of, 184
“Encounter, An” (“Vstrecha”), 267–270, 404
“Enemies” (“Vragi”), 226–240, 404
“Everyday Troubles” (“Zhiteyskie Nevzrody”), 275, 404
“Examining Magistrate, The” (“Sledovatel’ ”), 304–305, 405
“Excellent People” (“Khoroshie Lyudi”), 188–189, 192–193, 199–200, 403
“Expensive Lessons” (“Dorogie Uroki”), 368–370, 406
Ezhov, Nikolay, 212, 214, 250, 270, 346–347, 351–352, 357, 362–363, 374
F
“Fairy Tale: Dedicated to the Idiot Who Brags about His Contributions to the Newspaper, A” (“Skazka: Posvyashchaetsya Balbesu, Khvastayushchemu svoim Sotrudnichestvom v Gazetakh”), 107, 401
“Father, A” (“Otets”), 320–322, 321, 405
“Fears” (“Strakhi”), 118
“Fiasco, The” (“Neudacha”), 12–13
Finke, Michael C., xvii, 141
“First Aid” (“Skoraya Pomoshch’ ”), 314–315, 405
“First Debut” (“Pervyi Debyut”), 15
“First-Class Passenger, The” (“Passazhir 1-go Klassa”), 146–147, 181, 402
FitzLyon, April, 113
“Foolish Frenchman, A” (“Glupyi Frantsuz”), 35
Fragments, 4–6, 12, 14, 17, 21–22, 27, 36, 39, 55, 62, 72, 76, 83, 98–101, 103, 107, 109, 111, 117, 124, 143–145, 159–161, 179–180, 202–203, 206, 211, 214–215, 223, 242, 245, 250–251, 254–255, 292–293, 295, 320, 328, 330, 332–333, 337–339, 356, 358, 362, 376, 392
“Fragments of Petersburg Life,” 85
Freedom from Violence and Lies: Anton Chekhov’s Life and Writings, xvii
“From Susanna to Sarra: Chekhov in 1886–1887,” 185
“From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man” (“Iz Zapisok Vspil’chivogo Cheloveka”), 317, 405
“Frost” (“Moroz”), 216, 404
G
“Galoshes,” 180–181
Garnett, Constance, xi, xvii, xx, 62, 113, 190, 228, 267, 399
“Gentleman Friend, A” (“Znakomyi Muzhchina”), 107, 401
Gilyarovskiy, Vladimir, 211, 357
Glama-Meshcherskaya, Alexandra, 366, 372–373
Gloomy People, 310, 396
“Glossary of Terms for Young Ladies” (“Slovotolkovatel’ dlya Barishen’ ”), 124, 402
Gogol, Nikolai, xx, 14, 35, 146, 298, 378
Golike, Roman, 39, 104, 106, 212, 266
Goncharov, Ivan, 109
“Good German, The” (“Dobriy Nemets”), 241–242, 251, 404
Gorky, Maxim, xi, 396
“Grasshopper, The,” 22
Grigorovich, Dmitry Vasil’evich, 11, 74–81, 85, 88, 108, 222, 246–250, 256, 271, 274, 313, 359
“Grisha,” 87, 401
Gubareva, Natalia, 316
H
Hamlet, 58, 362–363, 370
“Hamlet, Prince of Danes,” 374
“Happiness” (“Schast’e”), 306, 311, 313, 405
“Happy Ending, A” (“Khoroshiy Konets”), 322, 405
“Happy Man, A” (“Chastlivchik”), 107, 401
Hardy, Thomas, 285
Heifitz, Josef, 246
Heim, Michael Henry, 99, 181, 255
Hingley, Ronald, xiv, 16, 26, 101, 141, 200
“His First Appearance,” 400
“His First Love,” 310
Hockney, David, xviii
Holocaust, 185
“Home” (“Doma”), 258–265, 270, 404
Homer, 218, 239
“House No. 49,” 181
Hugo, Victor, 177
“Huntsman, The,” 77, 79
“Husband, The” (“Muzh”), 130–132, 402
“Hush!” (“Tssst!”), 190, 197–198, 403
“Hydrophobia” (“The Wolf”) (“Volk”), 73, 109, 401, 444
I
Iliad, The, 239
“In a Pension” (“V Pansione”), 111, 401
“In Learned Society,” 388–389
“In Paris!,” 401
“In Passion Week” (“Na Strastnoy Nedele”), 276, 404
“In Spring” (“Vesnoy”), 73, 401
“In the Coach-House” (“V Sarae”), 323–327, 405
“In the Court” (“V Sude”), 177–178, 274, 403
“In the Dark” (“V Potyomkakh”), 402
In the Twilight, 271, 307, 313, 319, 322, 322–323, 327, 330, 332, 337–339, 345–346, 361–362, 396