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How Chekhov Became Chekhov, and More

How Chekhov Became Chekhov, and More

Dec 19, 2022
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Books furnish a room, but they also crowd a house. Dust, dirt, mold, cracked spines, torn dust jackets, warped pages, coffee stains ... more »

How Chekhov became Chekhov. In 1886 and 1887, the doctor battled a pandemic and found his literary form ... more »

The overlap between masturbation and fascism has a definite genealogy. Matthew Crawford traces it .…

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