Book contents
- Chekhov in Context
- Chekhov in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Note on Texts, Dates, and Transliteration
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Life
- Part II Society
- Chapter 4 Class
- Chapter 5 Money
- Chapter 6 Politics
- Chapter 7 Peasants
- Chapter 8 The Woman Question
- Chapter 9 Sex
- Chapter 10 Social Activism
- Chapter 11 Environmentalism
- Chapter 12 Sakhalin Island
- Part III Culture
- Part IV Literature
- Part V Afterlives
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 10 - Social Activism
from Part II - Society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2023
- Chekhov in Context
- Chekhov in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Note on Texts, Dates, and Transliteration
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Life
- Part II Society
- Chapter 4 Class
- Chapter 5 Money
- Chapter 6 Politics
- Chapter 7 Peasants
- Chapter 8 The Woman Question
- Chapter 9 Sex
- Chapter 10 Social Activism
- Chapter 11 Environmentalism
- Chapter 12 Sakhalin Island
- Part III Culture
- Part IV Literature
- Part V Afterlives
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Andrei D. Stepanov surveys the accumulation of “small deeds” that constitute the core of Chekhov’s altruistic biography, in three stages – Moscow, Melikhovo, and Yalta – from the medical practice and care for relatives and friends that marked Chekhov’s early career, to more ambitious efforts during the second half of his life – the ways in which he extended help to convicts and exiles, peasants, schoolchildren, students, and poverty-stricken consumptives.
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- Chekhov in Context , pp. 78 - 84Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023