…there was something ascetic about his personality which aligns him with his patron saint, Antony, the founder of Christian monasticism.. To lead an ascetic life, but also to carry out heroic feats to bring benefit to others, as he believed Przhevalsky did, was Chekhov's ideal, and what propelled him to write his book about the penal colony on Sakhalin.. #Chekhov: Scenes from a Life by #RosamundBartlett #nonfiction #RussianLiterature #books #bookstodon #literature
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