My Chekhov. Essay book

A sharp mind and soft character - this is what looks at us from the pages of Chekhov"s prose. Whatever the writer says, he involuntarily speaks of himself. But he says that seeing his self -portrait is not easy. The entire pathos of the study of Elena Nevzglyadova is directed against the consistent philosophical interpretation of the Chekhov phenomenon, even in such values ​​as Shestov. Her task is to discover the endless wealth and life of the Chekhov’s life on the conditions of human existence. The defining position of Chekhov in our literature Nevglyadov interprets as follows: Despite the fact that he clearly saw all the dark sides of life - he did not like pessimism and pessimists. This Chekhov’s" dislike ”is a love for people hidden from a superficial gaze. In any case, sympathy.
A.Yu. Aryev