Imagining Chekhov

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Imagining Chekhov: The Death of Anton Chekhov by Alison MacLeod

The Death of Anton Chekhov by Alison MacLeod

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Now very ill, Chekhov travels with Olga to a spa town in Germany.

Now very ill, Chekhov travels with Olga to a spa town in Germany in the hope of better treatment. Read by Peter Firth.

A set of three stories, commissioned specially for Radio 4. Alison MacLeod explores the life and work of one of the finest short story writers of them all - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
 
This story could be called The Death Of Anton Chekhov By Anton Chekhov. Now very ill, Chekhov travels with Olga to a spa town in Germany in the hope of better treatment.
 
Reader: Peter Firth

Producer: Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2016.

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