The Darling | Critical Overview

Chekhov is widely considered one of the greatest short story writers of the past two centuries; his international influence can hardly be overestimated. Thomas Winner, in his introduction to Chekhov and his Prose, states that Chekhov ‘‘is recognized today as perhaps the greatest of short-story writers whose innovations in form and technique as well as expressions of many hitherto untried themes have immeasurably altered our literary traditions.’’ In his economic use of descriptive language, Chekhov has been called the Russian

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