{"product_id":"reading-chekhov-janet-malcolm-9781847085368","title":"Reading Chekhov","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Reading Chekhov Janet Malcolm takes on three roles: literary critic, biographer and journalist. Her close readings of Chekhov's stories and plays are interwoven with episodes from his life and framed by an account of a recent journey she made to St Petersburg. Malcolm demonstrates how the shadow of death that hovered over most of Chekhov's literary career - he became consumptive in his twenties and died in his forties - is almost everywhere reflected in the work. She writes of his childhood, his relationship with his family, his marriage, his travels, his early success, his exile to Yalta - always with an eye to connecting them to his themes and characters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Janet Malcolm","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48282936246515,"sku":"9781847085368","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781847085368.jpg?v=1766603445","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/reading-chekhov-janet-malcolm-9781847085368","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}