[Borges]

Chekhov invented the modern short story (and modern drama)! Not Katherine Mansfield, not Hemmingway...but the man from Russia.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

And they're so good. And they are so readable. I used to have my remedial English students read at least one Chekov story a semester.

[nopardons]

That doesn't mean that I have to like his work. LOL

[Sam Hill]

"Chekhov invented the modern short story (and modern drama)! Not Katherine Mansfield, not Hemmingway...but the man from Russia."

LOL

Don't tell Edgar Allan Poe.