Olga Knipper

Anton Chekhov is considered the greatest short story writer in history, though he didn't have an easy life. He was born on January 29th, 1860 in Taganrog Russia. Chekhov's father was a grocer, and struggled financially. When his father's business failed, he moved his family to Moscow, but left Chekhov behind, to keep up with his studies. In the year of 1879 he finally moved to Moscow to attend medical school. His family was suffering greatly, so, Chekhov wrote comics, and stories to help his struggling

effects of tuberculosis, tired of the city’s provincialism, but never losing his charm and humor. He felt difficult to write in Yalta; also, he stopped working as a doctor some few years ago. Yalta became a kind of "exile" of his. It seems that Olga Knipper, - his sweet "actress”, and "wonderful woman" often complained to him in long letter that she is depressed, and he tried to cheer her with the perspective of reunion (Benedetti, 112). In the short story Lady with the Pet Dog, what initially seems

Research Paper Anton Chekhov was a playwright and author who is called one of the greatest writers of short stories history. He was born January 29, 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. Chekhov died July 15, 1904 in Badenweiler, Germany he was staying in a health resort. When Chekhov was born his father, Pavel, was a grocer with many troubles, yet his mother, Yevgeniya, loved storytelling and she shared that passion with him and his five siblings. In 1875 Pavel’s business went down so he decided to take his

immensely. The plotline of Chekov’s story, The Lady with the Dog is based on his life experiences. On the 25th of May in 1901, Chekov married his wife Olga Knipper, a stage actress. Together they maintained a long distance relationship; Chekov was living mainly in Yalta and Olga in Moscow as she continued to seek her acting career (Hingley). While Chekov and Olga remained separated, they continued to uphold a stable marriage as they lived apart for most of the year. Chekov wrote The Lady with the Dog during

into his late years of writing Anton realized that theater and plays was a passion in which he liked to write about. Plays that he wrote are Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. In his last years of life Anton married Olga Knipper in 1901 who was a actress in one

Anton Chekhov in “the Lady with the Dog,” brilliantly displays the quest of one man to find happiness. Anton Chekhov’s short story, The Lady with the Little Dog, is the simple story of a philandering married man who finally falls in love with an unhappily married woman with whom he has an affair.  Though it is a remarkably simple plot, the story is compelling to read because Chekhov’s use of two effective plot devices with diction and symbolism. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport

Women In Despair Anton Chekhov is a well-known Russian author recognized for his revolutionary work as a writer of short stories and drama. In many of his pieces, Chekhov’s characters seem unhappy with their position in life. The common factor leading to this unhappiness in a majority of Chekhov’s stories is marriage. Chekhov’s “The Chemist’s Wife”, and “The Lady with the Dog”, both contain examples of loveless marriages. This element of the unhappy marriage permeates a large portion of his work

The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov 's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on directing the play as a tragedy. Since this initial production, directors have had to contend with the dual nature of this play. The play concerns an aristocratic Russian woman and her family as they return