Chekhov (hē), a great Russian critical realist writer at the end of 19, is a humorous satirist with eternal interest and sharp writing style, the king of short stories and a famous playwright. Chekhov was born in an ordinary citizen family. After his father's grocery store closed down, he finished high school as a tutor, 1879 studied medicine at Moscow University, 1884 began to write literature after graduation.

His novels are short and pithy, concise and simple, compact in structure, vivid in plot, humorous in style, vivid in language, full of musical rhythm and profound in meaning. He is good at discovering people and things with typical significance from daily life, making artistic generalization through humorous plots, and shaping a complete typical image, thus reflecting the Russian society at that time.

His representative works The Chameleon, The Man in the Trap and The Sixth Ward are exquisite and perfect artistic treasures in the history of Russian literature. The former is synonymous with have it both ways and is a man who is good at profiteering in disguise. The latter has become a symbol of the conformist, timid and afraid of change.

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Chekhov's novels are concise and compact, giving readers room for independent thinking. His plays had a great influence on19th century drama. He adhered to the tradition of realism, paid attention to describing the daily life of the Russian people, shaped little people with typical personalities, and truly reflected the situation of Russian society at that time.

The ridicule of ugly phenomena and deep sympathy for the poor people are two major characteristics of his works, which mercilessly expose the unreasonable social system and social ugly phenomena under the czar's rule. At the end of 19, Chekhov was considered as an outstanding representative of Russian realistic literature.