Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR 7
4. TO THE READER 8
5. ACKNOWLEGEMENTS 9
6. PERMISSIONS 10
7. ILLUSTRATIONS 11
8. TRANSLITERATIONS OF RUSSIAN WORDS, NAMES, AND TITLES OF WORKS 12
9. ELLIPSES AND DATES 13
10. THE USAGE OF RUSSIAN NAMES 13
11. Introduction: A Taste Like Olives 15
12. Chapter One: Chekhov on His Own Terms 22
13. Chapter Two: The Literary Soil for Chekhov’s Drama 66
14. Chapter Three: The Devil in the Details of Chekhov’s Plays 99
15. Chapter Four: Dramatic Innovations Part One: Vaudeville 125
16. Chapter Five: Dramatic Innovations Part Two: Melodrama 151
17. Chapter 6: Chekhov’s Plays as Blueprints for Performances 182
18. Conclusion: A Matter of Perspective 219
19. Annotated Bibliography 224
20. Index of Names, Terms, and Chekhov’s Works 232
21. Index of Character Names from Chekhov’s Major Plays 237