Gooseberries
By (Author) Anton Chekhov
Translated by Ronald Wilks
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
25th February 2015
26th February 2015
United Kingdom
Paperback
64
Width 111mm, Height 161mm, Spine 5mm
53g
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Anton Chekhov (Author) Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), the grandson of a former serf and son of a grocer, was born in Taganrog, a port in Southern Russia. His childhood was overshadowed by his frightening father, but he was close to his mother. While he was at university, his father was defrauded and went bankrupt, leaving the family in dire financial straits; Chekhov supported them almost single-handedly by selling stories and sketches to magazines. Although a doctor by profession, he soon became famous for his brilliant stories and plays, and is today recognized as one of the greatest short story writers of all time.