We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.Anton Chekhov
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress.”
Playwright and story writer · 1860 – 1904
Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and master of the short story, a practising doctor who wrote The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya and hundreds of stories. His restrained, humane art reshaped both the theatre and short fiction of the 20th century.
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