Activity 4.2.5 – (Bonus) The Life and Work of Anton Chekhov
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- Along with several other writers, Anton Chekhov pioneered a literary device known as “stream of consciousness.” What is it?
- In what year was Chekhov born?
- Why did Chekhov describe his early childhood as ‘suffering’?
- What effect did Chekhov's visit and observation of a prison penal colony with families have on him.
- Besides being a writer, what was Chekhov’s other profession?
- What caused Chekhov’s death?
- One of Chekhov’s best known short stories is about a married man and a married woman having an affair in Yalta. What is the title of that story?