![]() ![]() ![]() Though people think his plays are depressing, they often recognize themselves in the problems of the characters who don’t know how to help themselves and just go through life without knowing how to really live a satisfying life. They sadly convey that all human happiness is transitory. All of them are characterized by deep melancholy, with characters who have unhappy inner lives and find it difficult to fulfill their dreams and persevere in one’s faith. We fell in love with his four best known plays: “The Three Sisters”, “Uncle Vanya”, “The Cherry Orchard” and “The Seagull”. Checkov was actually a doctor but he’s now better known for the legacy of his written works after he died of TB at such a young age of only 44. THERE was a time in college when we were totally fascinated by Russian writers and we read all their most important works, notably Tolstoy’s novels and Checkov’s plays. ![]()
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