2007, ISBN: 9781847490032

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Paperback. 1920. 46pp card covers, HMSO, London 1920. Very good copy. ., 1920, New York. 1967. Washington Square Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. Muriel Rukeyser’… More...

Paperback. 1920. 46pp card covers, HMSO, London 1920. Very good copy. ., 1920, New York. 1967. Washington Square Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. Muriel Rukeyser’s signature on the top corner of the front free endpaper. 54. 375 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. keywords:. inventory # 2118. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Sakhalin Island in the North Pacific was the site of five principal penal colonies inhabited by thieves, murderers, political exiles, their families, and an unenlightened bureaucracy. Prisoners were condemned to hard labor, often in the coal mines, and on release were confined to the island as colonists. Treatment was often harsh; flogging was frequent. The climate was execrable: foggy, cold, and rainy in the summer, with snow the remaining eight months. Escape was often plotted, and infrequently successful. In 1890 Chekhov arrived at Sakhalin, ‘the only place left where it is possible to study colonization by criminals.’ Surprised to see prisoners and exiles walking the streets freely, he soon became accustomed to the mores of this strange land where ‘the local ladies think nothing of permitting their children to go out and play in the care of nursemaids sentenced to exile for life.’ From the experiences of this journey, Chekhov produced THE ISLAND, ‘an important historical document,’ according to D. S. Mirsky, ‘remarkable for its thoroughness, objectivity, and impartiality.’ Yet THE ISLAND is more than a work of ethnological and sociological significance—a lucid documentation of the need for penal reform throughout Russia. It is a telling and compassionate portrait of the people of Sakhalin, and a demonstration of the senselessness of brutality. Everywhere evincing the skill, the perception, and selection of the master craftsman, THE ISLAND is a mirror in which we see brilliantly illuminated the humanistic sympathies and sensitivity of Anton Chekhov. A THE RUSSIAN LIBRARY presents masterpieces of singular spiritual energy and freshly penetrating style characteristic of the renaissance of Russian literature during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The series includes the works of both the giants and their most noted contemporaries, all in new and definitive translations—prime materials for the understanding of Russia, its culture, and its people., Oneworld Classics, Richmond, Surrey, 2007. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Book in excellent condition - no interior marks noted, light shelf and edge wear. Chekhove investigated the penal colony on the island of Sakhalin. Notes, extra material, appendices, including the first chapter in Russian. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 509 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: History; Russia; 19th century; ISBN/EAN: 9781847490032. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 608749. . 9781847490032, Oneworld Classics, 2007<

2007, ISBN: 1847490034

[SR: 340769], Paperback, [EAN: 9781847490032], Oneworld Classics Ltd, Oneworld Classics Ltd, Book, [PU: Oneworld Classics Ltd], 2007-04-27, Oneworld Classics Ltd, In 1890, the thirty-year… More...

[SR: 340769], Paperback, [EAN: 9781847490032], Oneworld Classics Ltd, Oneworld Classics Ltd, Book, [PU: Oneworld Classics Ltd], 2007-04-27, Oneworld Classics Ltd, In 1890, the thirty-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous eleven-week journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of Sakhalin. This book presents a collection of the annotated translations of Chekhov's impressions of his trip through Siberia., 590912, Classics, 62, Fiction, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 275013, Essays, Journals & Letters, 275389, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 275080, Literary Studies, 275068, History & Criticism, 275389, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 496724, Press & Journalism, 496718, Media & Communication Industries, 275700, Communication Studies, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 276306, Criminology, 276303, Law & Disorder, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 496732, Punishment, 276303, Law & Disorder, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 9781847490032

In 1890, the 30-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous 11-week journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of S… More...

In 1890, the 30-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous 11-week 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 three-month sojourn on Sakhalin Island, together with author's notes, extracts from Chekhov's letters to relatives and associates, and photographs. Highly valuable both as a detailed depiction of the Tsarist system of penal servitude and as an insight into Chekhov's motivations and objectives for visiting the colony and writing the expose, "Sakhalin Island" is a haunting work of tremendous importance which had a huge impact both on Chekhov's subsequent work and on Russian society. Sakhalin Island Chekhov, Anthon / Reeve, Brian, Oneworld Classics<