A timeless quote from Russian writer Anton Chekhov warns against marrying to escape loneliness. The Russian playwright ...

Renowned Russian playwright and author Anton Chekhov has inspired readers across generations with his wise words about the importance of action. The popular quote, “Knowledge is of no value unless you ...

Russian writers know the beauty and pain of true love. Remembered as one of the most skillful writers in Russian literature (and one of the most treasured among short story authors of any nationality) ...

Anton Chekhov’s “Sakhalin Island,” his long investigation of prison conditions in Siberia, is the best work of journalism written in the nineteenth century. The fact that so few people know of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Anton Chekhov was probably the least statuesque major Russian writer of his generation. He wrote short stories rather than novels, lived modestly, and rarely boomed out complicated philosophical ideas ...

Bob Blaisdell’s “Chekhov Becomes Chekhov” does exactly what its title promises: It tracks—story by story, month by month, sometimes day by day—how Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), the Moscow ...