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Article: FIRST ENCOUNTERS : When Anton Chekhov met Leo Tolstoy
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 5, 1995
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Chekhov had been living at Melikhovo, in Moscow province, for
three years, and still he resisted suggestions that he call at
nearby Yasnaya Polyana. He said he was busy. As a fledgling
landowner, he was putting his farm in order; as a doctor, he
treated the peasants. He repaired the church, built schools. His
stories supported all these activities and brought wide critical
acclaim. They were the credentials he would take with him when he
went to meet Count Tolstoy - he, Anton Pavlovich, son of a failed
grocer, grandson of a serf.
It was August 1895 when Chekhov at last set off for Yasnaya
Polyana. He arrived just as the master, in his linen peasant
blouse, was on his way to bathe in the ...
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