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A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire

by Anton Chekhov

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ISBN13: 9780141032108
ISBN10: 0141032103
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Inspired by Penguin's innovative Great Ideas series, our new Great Journeys series presents the most incredible tours, voyages, treks, expeditions, and travels ever writtenfrom Isabella Bird's exaltation in the dangers of grizzlies, rattlesnakes, and cowboys in the Rocky Mountains to Marco Polo's mystified reports of a giant bird that eats elephants during his voyage along the coasts of India. Each beautifully packaged volume offers a way to see the world anew, to rediscover great civilizations and legends, vast deserts andunspoiled mountain ranges, unusual flora and strange new creatures, and much more.

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Overwhelmed by what he felt was the worthlessness of his great success as a writer, Chekhov decided to leave everything behind him and go to the far reaches of Siberia to the terrible Russian penal colony on Sakhalin Island. This book mixes his witty, charming letters back to friends on his long journey with his grim account of the reality of life in one of the worst places on earth.

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shobhana.bhattacharji, October 11, 2008 (view all comments by shobhana.bhattacharji)
First person accounts of relatively unfamiliar places are the finest sort of travel writing. Chekov brings all his experience of focussed communication through short short stories and drama succint to these letters. Brilliant.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780141032108
Author:
Chekhov, Anton
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Translator:
Phillips, Anthony
Translator:
Bartlett, Rosamund
Author:
Anton Chekhov
Author:
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
Subject:
Russia
Subject:
Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Subject:
Essays & Travelogues
Subject:
Description and travel
Subject:
Travel
Subject:
Russia Description and travel.
Subject:
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich - Travel - Russia
Series:
Penguin Great Journeys
Publication Date:
October 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
110
Dimensions:
7.12x4.48x.30 in. .19 lbs.

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