The Darling | Style
Realism
Chekhov’s short story is in the style of realism, which predominated Russian literature throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century. Yet, while writers such as Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky wrote in a realistic style that conveyed a political message or moral philosophy, Chekhov’s stories, as critics have pointed out, instruct the reader not so much in how to live but in how not to live. ‘‘The Darling’’ is realist in style partly in its portrayal of life in a provincial Russian village. Chekhov focuses on the mundane details of daily life...
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