Ronald Wilks

Jun 27, 2024 | bjgp.org | John Launer |Retired GP |Anton Chekhov |Ronald Wilks

Anton Chekhov (Trans. Ronald Wilks) Penguin Classics, 2004, PB, 240pp, £9.78, 978-0140448986There’s much to be said for short novels you can read in a couple of evenings, without the commitment needed for a blockbuster. If you’re looking for a great example, I’d recommend The Shooting Party by the Russian dramatist, Anton Chekhov. He wrote it in his early 20s in 1884, the year he qualified as a doctor.