Chekhov

How does Veeky Forums feel about this illustrious writer?

he's great. absolutely outstanding during his times, he'd probably make it to all-time hall of fame if he lived bit later and sneaked onto the tide of tome-producing novelists.

Great sitcom writer. Larry David of his age

One of the wisest, most empathy-filled and human-nature-knowledgeable among all writers of all time. A treasure as an artist. His perception about human beings as they really are is perhaps the most acute and correct in the history of literature.

He also did one of the best analyzes I know about the colossal Tolstoy:

>"I admire him greatly. What I admire the most in him is that he despises us all; all writers. Perhaps a more accurate description is that he treats us, other writers, as completely empty space. You could argue that from time to time, he praises Maupassant, or Kuprin, or Semenov, or myself. But why does he praise us? It is simple: it's because he looks at us as if we were children. Our short stories, or even our novels, all are child's play in comparison with his works. However, Shakespeare … For him, the reason is different. Shakespeare irritates him because he is a grown-up writer, and does not write in the way that Tolstoy does."

Good post.

Chekhov's stories are as wonderful (and necessary) now as when they first appeared. It is not only the immense number of stories he wrote—for few, if any, writers have ever done more—it is the awesome frequency with which he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.

One of the most overrated playwright of all time. A couple decent short stories. His work always seemed to benign to me… idk.

Have you read The Peasants, In the Ravine, The Murder, Ward number 6 and Lady with a Dog? If you did not, please do it now: you will not regret it. Above all read Peasants and In the Ravine: some of the best portraits of poverty and misery ever written.

Haven't read Ward Number 6, which I might look into, but for the rest, yes, I did, although I read these stories in french. I just think Chekhov isn't for me.

Pleb