Anton chekhovs best works

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov’s short stories and plays, rooted in the everyday lives of everyday people, propelled themes of dashed hopes, compassion, and the tragicomic to mainstream consciousness.

Central to Chekhov’s work, was the exploration of how to navigate pain and suffering without yielding to despair and hatred.

Anton chekhovs best works

He believed that the role of art was to ask questions, not answer them. In his short life – he died of tuberculosis at 44 years old – he wrote hundreds of short stories and several plays. Chekhov’s most important works reflect on themes of resilience, love, loss, and compassion, amidst the tumultuous landscapes of human experience.

The Student (1894)

The Student (1894) tells the story of Ivan Velikopolsky a 22-year-old clerical student on his way home one Good Friday evening.

Battling the elements, he contemplates the universal experience of poverty, emptiness, hunger, and oppression that have endured t