Sakhalin Island (book)
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Sakhalin Island (Russian: Остров Сахалин) is a book by Anton Chekhov written and published in 1891–1893. It consists of "travel notes" written after Chekhov's trip to the island of Sakhalin in summer and autumn of 1890. The book is based on the writer's personal travel experience, as well as on extensive statistical data collected by him. The English translation came out in 1967 under the title The Island: A Journey to Sakhalin.
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Author | Anton Chekhov |
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Original title | Russian: Остров Сахалин |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
Genre | travel notes |
Publisher | Russkaya Mysl |
Publication date | 1893―1895 |
Published in English | 1967 |
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In the opinion of some critics, the book was influenced by The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Siberia and Katorga by Sergei Maksimov (who is repeatedly mentioned in the text).[1]