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The Letters of Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
出版1st World Library - Literary Society, 2005-07
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Literary FiguresLiterary Collections / LettersLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Russian & Soviet
ISBN14218070259781421807027
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=o3qwPAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - In 1841 a serf belonging to a Russian nobleman purchased his freedom and the freedom of his family for 3,500 roubles, being at the rate of 700 roubles a soul, with one daughter, Alexandra, thrown in for nothing. The grandson of this serf was Anton Chekhov, the author; the son of the nobleman was Tchertkov, the Tolstoyan and friend of Tolstoy. There is in this nothing striking to a Russian, but to the English student it is sufficiently significant for several reasons. It illustrates how recent a growth was the educated middle-class in pre-revolutionary Russia, and it shows, what is perhaps more significant, the homogeneity of the Russian people, and their capacity for completely changing their whole way of life.