Chekhov

★The famous Russian scholar Gromov's life-long masterpiece restores the most authentic Chekhov ★Reinterpret Chekhov's literary status from the perspective of Russian literature believers ★To know Chekhov is to gain the power of life [About the author] Mikhail Petrovich Gromov (1927-1990), a famous Soviet scholar, literary critic, and Chekhov research expert. Gromov was born in Chekhov's hometown of Taganrog. During his literary research career, he devoted almost his entire life to Chekhov, the most unusual one among the greatest writers in the history of Russian literature. As early as the 1960s, Gromov took the lead in breaking the stereotype of Soviet critics identifying Chekhov's works as "humorous" novels. He believed that Chekhov's works were not only classics, but also unquestionably serious literature. Chekhov's novels, plays, and even letters and diaries all have a rigorous and complete world view. As his research deepened, Gromov published many groundbreaking discussions in the field of Chekhov research, allowing Chekhov, a seemingly simple and clear, but actually "elusive" writer, to be truly understood by the public. When countries around the world publish translations of Chekhov's works, many versions refer to and quote Gromov's annotations and comments. It can be said that Gromov was Chekhov's "confidant" across the ages. [Introduction] "The Biography of Chekhov" is recognized as the master of many Soviet scholar Gromov's research works on Chekhov, and is also one of the best works on Chekhov research in the Soviet Union. In "The Biography of Chekhov", Gromov combed through Chekhov's entire creative career one by one, starting from Chekhov's earliest works, and organically combined Chekhov's works with letters, diaries, and notes that can currently be confirmed about events in Chekhov's life. He very systematically introduced Chekhov's consistent and complete world view, thus overturning the simple definition of Chekhov by his predecessors. As the world's greatest short story writer, Chekhov occupies a very important and relatively unique position in Russian literature and even world literature. From the perspective of a Russian and a believer in Russian literature, Gromov reinterpreted Chekhov's status in Russian literature and clarified the Russian literary bloodline in his works that originated from Pushkin, Gogol, and Dostoevsky.