(1860 - 1904)
While studying medicine at Moscow University, Anton Chekhov supported his family by working as a journalist and a writer of comic sketches. By 1888 he had produced a larger body of work than he did during his subsequent literary career as the author of such works as “Ward No. Six,” Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard.
If they prescribe a lot of remedies for some sickness or other, it means that the sickness is incurable.
—Anton Chekhov, 1904
Roundtable
In this short story, everyone at a New Year’s party does their part to make the old year stretch out a little longer. More
Miscellany
It is said that Anton Chekhov’s last words were, “It’s been a long time since I’ve had champagne.” He died in Badenweiler, Germany, in 1904, and his body was transported back to Moscow in a refrigerated railcar marked fresh oysters.
