compassion.'Ĭhekhov's first book of stories (1886) was a success, and gradually he became a full-time writer. audacity and originality flee the stereotype 6. truthful descriptions of persons and objects 4. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature 2. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: '1. But during these years Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. His friendship with Suvorin ended in 1898 because of his objections to the anti-Dreyfus campaign conducted by paper. Suvorin, who invited him to become a regular contributor for the St. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926).Ĭhekhov graduated in 1884, and practiced medicine until 1892. His second full-length novel, The Shooting Party, was translated into English in 1926. By 1886 Chekhov had gained a wide fame as a writer. As a politician Jókai was also mocked for his ideological optimism. Petersburg daily papers, Peterburskaia gazeta from 1885, and Novoe vremia from 1886.Ĭhekhov's first novel, Nenunzhaya pobeda (1882), set in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Hungarian writer Mór Jókai. His subjects were silly social situations, marital problems, farcical encounters between husbands, wives, mistresses, and lovers, whims of young women, of whom Chekhov had not much knowledge – the author was shy with women even after his marriage. His publisher at this period was Nicholas Leikin, owner of the St. While in the school, he began to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support himself and his mother, sisters and brothers. In 1879 Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School. At the age of 16, Chekhov became independent and remained for some time alone in his native town, supporting himself through private tutoring. The family was forced to move to Moscow following his father's bankruptcy.

He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog (1867-68) and Taganrog grammar school (1868-79).

'When I think back on my childhood,' Chekhov recalled, 'it all seems quite gloomy to me.' His early years were shadowed by his father's tyranny, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, which was open from five in the morning till midnight. Yevgenia Morozova, Chekhov's mother, was the daughter of a cloth merchant. He also taught himself to read and write. Chekhov's grandfather was a serf, who had bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов) was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, southern Russia, the son of a grocer.

A Russian Affair by Anton Chekhov