![]() What happens most times though, while reading his stories, is that we recognize ourselves in his characters. ![]() With his subtle irony, Anton Chekhov shows individuals who may look ridiculous to us, in their inability to take action in life. Why should you read Anton Chekhov?Ĭhekhov presents to the reader a wide range of characters, whose lives are often mediocre, who are human simply depicted with all their flaws and weaknesses. Writing this article has been the perfect occasion for me to improve my knowledge of Chekhov and his work. Since then, I never encountered this author again in my academic path. A week before that exam, I ended up translating fifty pages of literature from Russian into Italian, so I did not have the time to focus on the sense, nor on the beauty of what I was reading. Disclaimer: I’m a helpless procrastinator. It was during my second year of university when I had to translate some of his short stories for my exam. ![]() My first time reading Chekhov was two years ago. If you are new to the works of this author, in this article you will find five suggestions for short (and, as you can read in the title, not that short) stories written by him. ![]() This year Russia celebrated the 160th anniversary of the birth of Anton Chekhov, a writer, and playwright whose works are still relatable today, after all these years. ![]()
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