Chekhov works biography

Quotes about the author Anton Chekhov - Russian writer, prose writer, playwright. The Honorary Academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences is a classic of world literature. His works are translated into more than a hundred languages, and plays, especially the “Cherry Orchard”, “Three Sisters” and “The Seagull”, are regularly put in many theaters of the world. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on January 29.

He was the third child in the family of the owner of the grocery shop, who had only six children - five sons and a daughter. Having become a gymnasium student, the young man became interested in literature and theatrical art. At the age of 18, he wrote his first play - the drama of "Non -Processing". When the young man was 16 years old, his father ruined. Anton Pavlovich had to earn a living with private lessons.

After the gymnasium, he entered the medical faculty of Moscow University, where he studied with famous professors: N. Sklifosovsky, G. Zakharyin and others.

Since the year, having graduated from the University, Chekhov worked as a county doctor of the Chikinsky hospital. Then he moved to Zvenigorod, where he led the hospital for some time. The formation of the author on December 24, the magazine “Dragonfly” printed the story “A letter to a scientist neighbor” and humor “What is most often found in novels, novels, etc. Later, the novice author collaborated with many print media and St.

Petersburg, which issued his short works. In the spring of the year, the writer received a letter from the famous Russian writer Dmitry Grigorovich - he criticized Chekhov for a waste of talent for “little things”. After listening to the advice, the writer began to cooperate less with humorous magazines, his works became more serious and longer. Starting from the end of the 10ths, a feature appeared in his writing manner that some contemporaries considered the advantage, others - the disadvantage: the impassivity of the description, the emphasized absence of an author’s assessment.

This feature is especially characteristic of the following stories: “I want to sleep”; "Women"; "Princess." Despite the growing popularity, Chekhov was dissatisfied with himself. This prompted him to travel Sakhalin to get new impressions. Later, the writer traveled a lot around Europe, reflecting his observations in works. On Liters you can download all the books of Anton Chekhov by choosing a suitable format: PDF, TXT, FB2, EPUB.

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