Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1 Autobiographical Notes 29
5. Chapter 2 Rachmaninov 61
6. Chapter 3 Repin 63
7. Chapter 4 Jerome Jerome 65
8. Chapter 5 Tolstoy 67
9. Chapter 6 Chekhov 75
10. Chapter 7 Chaliapin 91
11. Chapter 8 Gorky 99
12. Chapter 9 His Imperial Highness 106
13. Chapter 10 Kuprin 112
14. Chapter 11 Semyonovs and Bunins 123
15. Chapter 12 Ertel 130
16. Chapter 13 Voloshin 138
17. Chapter 14 The “Third Tolstoy” 149
18. Chapter 15 Mayakovsky 171
19. Chapter 16 Hegel, a Tailcoat, a Snowstorm 179
20. Chapter 17 Nobel Days 187
21. Acknowledgments 195
22. Directory of Names 197
23. Notes 209
24. Index 257