Tolstoy was a great admirer of "The Pretty Woman" and even recited it many times in front of others. This shows how much he liked this work.

In these areas, too, we can see the characteristics of Tolstoy's vision of the ideal.

But there is a back story to this.

Chekhov did not write "The Pretty Woman" with the same intention as Tolstoy.

Chekhov wrote this work under the title "The Pretty Woman" to satirize Aurenika, who had no will of her own.

How one reads a work of art is a good example of how one's individuality can be expressed. I felt that the combination of "The Pretty Woman" and Tolstoy is a good example of how the reader's individuality can be expressed.

Chekhov's "Rothschild's Fiddle" Synopsis - A moving story of sorrow and awakening of a man who has wasted his life Chekhov (1860-1904) From Wikipedia "Rothschild's Fiddle" was written by Chekhov in 1894. ...

This work is the last in a trilogy of short stories and is a continuation of "The Man in the Box" and "Suguri".

Why is such a good man in love with such a man?"

This is an eternal mystery that we still see often, including the reverse gender pattern.

Chekhov depicts this with his signature humor and psychological portrayal.

Suguri" is a short film, but it sharply pierces the hearts of people. In just a few pages, it shows us what people live for in a highly fragrant and compressed form.

Suguri is a wonderful and in some ways frightening work. The content in its short form is comparable to that of a full-length novel."

The best of Chekhov's short stories, highly praised by Seiro Sato, a scholar of Russian literature!

Behrikov, the "man in the box," is a man who cannot make decisions on his own because of his small-mindedness, and who can only live with the approval of his superiors, or those in power.

A ban by the higher-ups is nothing to think about for those who obey it. The only evil is the person who breaks it. It is simple and clear.

However, when it comes to permits and approvals, he has to think for himself to some extent about what is acceptable and what is not. He is afraid to think for himself.

Reading this piece brings up a situation that is almost the same as in Japan today.

This work is recommended to be read now.

Chekhov placed the protagonist of the piece as a character named Raevsky, who is of "Russian extravaganza" blood.

In the tradition of Russian literature, "superfluous men" were bored with life and resigned to living. In this work, however, Chekhov puts the descendant of these "superfluous" people, Raevsky, to the test.

Chekhov was a writer who kept asking himself what the meaning of life is. For him, the theme of how to overcome the idea of the superfluous people who throw away the idea that "life is meaningless and empty, and there is nothing I can do about it anyway" seems to have been very important.

Sakhalin is a familiar place to us Hokkaido residents, but at that time Sakhalin was known as an island of hell where exiles were sent. Chekhov was a man who explored how to actually live as a human being, not just an abstract idea in his head. First of all, you have to know people firsthand. First of all, you have to move yourself. It was this belief that drove Chekhov to Sakhalin.