The Summer Guest: A Novel of Chekhov

A young Anton Chekhov connects the lives of three women: "An enchanting era-spanning novel [and] a literary mystery that goes beyond the limits of time." —Entertainment Weekly, "Must List"

During the long, hot summer of 1888, an extraordinary friendship blossoms between Anton Chekhov and Zinaida Lintvaryova, a young doctor. Recently blinded by illness, Zinaida has retreated to her family's estate in the lush countryside of Eastern Ukraine, where she is keeping a diary to record her memor...