In 1890, the thirtyyearold Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous elevenweek journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of Sakhalin. Now collected here in one volume are the fully annotated translations of his impressions of his trip through Siberia and the account of his threemonth sojourn on Sakhalin Island, together with his notes and extracts from his letters to relatives and associates.Highly valuable both as a detailed depiction of the Tsarist system of penal servitude and as an insight into Chekhovs motivations and objectives for visiting the colony and writing the expos, Sakhalin Island is a haunting work which had a huge impact both on Chekhovs career and on Russian society.

Binding: Paperback;512 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Classification: BGLA; Weight: 528 g; Dimensions: 194 x 121 x 32

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