Chekhov: A Spirit Set Free by V. S. Pritchett

Pritchett, a master storyteller, who came of age in the era before the existence of writing workshops, taught himself to write by reading the masters and by working as a writer across many forms. His biography of Chekhov is an appreciation by one master who learned by reading his predecessor. Without any straining for connections, Pritchett draws the line of logic and passion that connects the life to the art, how one is transformed into the other.