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The Steppe by Anton Chekhov (1888)

…if this piece of fiction doesn’t have ‘utility’ in buckets then how can fiction be said to have a use at all?

‘Verochka’ by Anton Chekhov (1887)

To take an early story such as ‘Verochka’ when, supposedly, Chekhov was still some way from ‘mastering his art’, and to wonder at how good it is, does seem to miss the point. Could you ask: how might it be improved? In which ways, exactly, does it fall short? What does it do, after all, for the reader? There must be, of course, stories by Chekhov which don’t amount to much, which don’t achieve what Chekhov sets out to achieve (which is what exactly?); however, ‘Verochka’ is not one of these stories. If one were ever to ask, what is literature for, you might be well advised to refer the questioner to this story, and simply say: “This.”

If “utility” is an odd word to use around literature, one might well wonder at it especially when used about such a story as

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The Steppe by Anton Chekhov (1888).

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'Verochka' by Anton Chekhov (1887).

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‘A Dreary Story’ by Anton Chekhov () Maybe this is the best period of Chekhov’s stories – – from ‘The Kiss’, the ‘The Steppe’, ‘The Name Day Party’ and then this!.

Anton Chekhov - Bibliotheca Alexandrina

This book is a compilation of 50 short stories by Anton Chekhov, reflecting Russian society's disparities and challenges in the late s.

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This list is based on the tales Constance Garnett translated over the course of some seven years, totaling 13 volumes of Chekhov’s stories and novellas.

Anton Chekhov - Biography and Profile - ThoughtCo

This list is based on the 201 tales Constance Garnett translated over the course of some seven years, totaling 13 volumes of Chekhov’s stories and novellas.