Sakhalin island. Chekhov A.P.

Sakhalin Island, published in 1895, was immediately called a talented and serious book; This is the story of an eyewitness, not only about hard labor, shackles, cunning, shoots and gallows, this is, which is more important, the view of a person who is thinking at hard labor as a whole. The focus of attention of Chekhov-research, Chekhov-artist is the problem of the personality of the convict, a simple, unfortunate person.

also included nine essays united by the common copyright name “From Siberia”.