Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends is the selection from the bunch of eighteen
hundred and ninety letters Chekhov wrote in his lifetime. According to the book's editor the
letters presented in the book are best to illustrate Chekhov's life character and opinions. A
reader gets a unique opportunity to learn about the personality of this Russian short-story
writer playwright and physician considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in
world literature.