6, The Darling and Gusev, The Hunstman and The Lady with the Little Dog. The English-speaking world knows him as a playwright, particularly for The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. Writers including Flannery O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, William Somerset Maugham, Raymond Carver and John Cheever. Some consider Chekhov to be the founder of the modern short story and his influence is observed in a diverse group of
"Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the He published more than four hundred short stories, sketches and vignettes by the age of He assumed financial responsibility for the family and whileĪttending classes at Moscow State University, he wrote and sold a large number of humorous stories and vignettes ofĬontemporary Russian life. Medical school and he joined his family in Moscow. Out in several of Chekhov's stories including Vanka, The Steppe, and Sleepy. Chekhov is considered anĮxemplar author in the genre of Realism. He sent any money he could spare money to his family in Moscow. Paid for his tuition by catching and selling goldfinches and dispensing private tutoring lessons, and selling short Chekhov stayed behind for three more years to finish school. The family and fled to Moscow to escape creditors. Chekhov, like Dickens, was no stranger to financial hardship and in 1875 his father took Mercurial temperament who "thrashed" his children and was likely emotionally abusive to his wife. His father was a grocer, painter and religious fanatic with a Pen Name: Anton Chekhov Born: JanuDied: July 15, 1904Īnton Pavlovich Chekhov (Jul 15, 1904) was a Russian physician and supreme short story writer and
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