Oh, you MUST read "DANIEL DERONDA"; it's wonderful!
I think I had it in paperback once, maybe will try it again. It started with gambling which is not my thing.
My book(s) of Chekhov short stories are sitting there, read one all the way through, couple out of the new one, and the timing is not right.
Now I have three books from the library about politics I'm trying to get through that I should have read around election time. Slow going but interesting.
I'm far away, but Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" is playing in Orange County now.
I have been looking at DD for a couple of years and will start after finishing the Idiot.