Review: The White Deer by Regina McBride
The White Deer A Novel of Anton Chekhov by Regina McBride Review: I chose to read The White Deer by Regina McBride, because I found the premise fascinating. Having read several novels set in Russia in the early 20th century this year, I was intrigued to go further back in time, to discover what happened a few decades earlier, when the established Russian society began to unravel. Readers will of course identify Anton Chekhov as one of Russia's greatest writers, so to see him in The White Deer as a young man before his rise to fame makes for enthralling reading. We find ourselves at Volkhov, an estate owned by young Vera's family. She loves the grounds, the orchard, and she is in love with Petya, her childhood friend. But he is a servant, below her in station, and now fully aware of their differences. They're no longer children. When she meets Anton at the library, they seem like two souls looking for one another. Soon, they go for long walks on the beautiful, if n...
