Description: "Senelick's accomplishment is astounding."--Library Journal
Brief description: Anton Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. He graduated from the University of Moscow in 1884. Chekhov died of tuberculosis in Germany on July 14, 1904, shortly after his marriage to actress Olga Knipper, and was buried in Moscow.
Review Quotes: Senelick . . . has done his job as scholar and translator nearly to perfection.-- "Weekly Standard"