Chekhov
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Chekhovian adjective
Example Sentences
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It owes nothing to Chekhov — though there are seagulls — but much to a classically Russian sense of humor and a Chaplinesque ingenuity.
From Los Angeles Times
The night before, at its New Stage, she was at a ballet based on an Anton Chekhov work.
From Barron's
“The English have Shakespeare, the French Moliere, and the Russians Chekhov. The western is ours.”
From Los Angeles Times
"The English have Shakespeare; the French, Moliere; the Russians have Chekhov. But the Western is ours."
From BBC
“I’m very glad that I’m surprising the audience with the fact that it’s not Chekhov.”
From Los Angeles Times
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