Correspondence between Gorky and Chekhov

The letters reveal multiple levels of knowledge, summarized by two great writers who are considered milestones in world literature. Their value lies in the fact that they were not written for publication, which enhances the significance of their content as it is far from artifice and pretension, and close to the warmth of spontaneous and honest human emotion. Here, we uniquely observe the essence of human experience – its fears and dreams, struggles and weariness, complaints and aspirations – poured into a literary framework where places and times intertwine. The letters also include an important dialogue about the art of short story writing between Chekhov at the height of his literary fame and the budding Gorky, who was writing his first short stories when the letters began.

• Category: Memoirs, Biography

• Number of pages: 210 pages