Sakhalin's Travels (Wenjing·star System)
by M
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This book is a classic of Russian-Soviet literature and a very important work of Chekhov. In 1890, Chekhov set out from Moscow to Sakhalin Island in order to understand the local life and the fate of the local people. He conducted a detailed population survey on Sakhalin Island and learned about the families, labor, thoughts, etc. Of the local residents. After returning, he wrote "Travel to Sakhalin", which was published in 1895. This book combines description, discussion, and lyricism, contains a wealth of primary and secondary materials, and creates many vivid and full characters, expressing the writer's deep sympathy for the hard lives of ordinary people in the local area. Not only that, the experience of Sakhalin also cured Chekhov's spiritual crisis and brought him and more Russian intellectuals a new view of society and life. After this trip, Chekhov decided to "live among the people."
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