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Letters of Anton Chekhov (Tchekhov) - Penn State University

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<strong>Letters</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Anton</strong> <strong>Chekhov</strong> to His Family and Friends with biographical sketchTO HIS BROTHER ALEXANDR.MELIHOVO, April 15, 1894.… I have come back from the flaming Tavrida and am alreadysitting on the cool banks <strong>of</strong> my pond. It’s very warm, however: thethermometer runs up to twenty-six ….I am busy looking after the land: I am making new avenues, plantingflowers, chopping down dead trees, and chasing the hens andthe dogs out <strong>of</strong> the garden. Literature plays the part <strong>of</strong> Erakit, whowas always in the background. I don’t want to write, and indeed, it’shard to combine a desire to live and a desire to write ….324

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