Anton Chekhov was a Russian writer. He was born in 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. His childhood was spent in the slums of a poor neighborhood. He and his brothers worked long hours in the shop owned by his father. In his childhood, he developed pleurisy in his lungs which became tuberculosis. One ye...

The film "The Lady with the Dog" is based on the short story by Anton Chekhov. The story deals with an affair between a Russian man and woman. One of the main characteristics in this story is that the author designs the settings not only to help the audiences understand what is going on in the prese...

A Trifle from Real Life A Russian writer Anton Chekhov wrote the story "A Trifle from Real Life" in second part of 19th century. Story appears in St. Petersburg where two main characters Aliosha and Nikolai Ilitch Belayeff are having a conversation about Aliosha's relationship wit...

The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard is Chekhov's last play, written in 1903 and 1904 during the last year of his life when he was dying of tuberculosis. He is the father of modern drama theater and also the greatest dramatist after Shakespeare. The Cherry Orchard was initially produced by the Mo...

The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard is Chekhov's last play, written in 1903 and 1904 during the last year of his life when he was dying of tuberculosis. He is the father of modern drama theater and also the greatest dramatist after Shakespeare. The Cherry Orchard was initially produced by the Mo...

The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard is a play written by Anton Chekhov meant as a comedy but taken as a tragedy. The play shows a certain affinity towards the feeling of the people and the times that best represents what is called realism today. Romanticism let people get away from the restricte...

The quotation, " 'I shall maintain the principle of autocracy just as firmly and unflinchingly as it was preserved by my unforgettable dead father.' (Nicholas II) In spite of the Czar's decrees and declarations, Russia, by the beginning of the 20th century, was overripe for revolution," i...