{"product_id":"sakhalin-island-anton-chekhov-9781847497864","title":"Sakhalin Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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. 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 his notes and extracts from his letters to relatives and associates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHighly 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 expos , \u003ci\u003eSakhalin Island \u003c\/i\u003eis a haunting work which had a huge impact both on Chekhov's career and on Russian society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anton Chekhov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847497861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847497864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alma Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Anton Chekhov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044072714495,"sku":"9781847497864","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_115fc406-25e1-4cf1-8de3-21c090db42fd.jpg?v=1684970775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sakhalin-island-anton-chekhov-9781847497864","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}