The Art of Chekhovian Eurotrip

selected Anton Chekhov's letters from Europe, 1891

If Chekhov had a social media account, he would've been by far the best in the world at platitudes, aphorisms, etm. and would surely get thousands of likes under each post. I noticed that somehow in the English-speaking circles he's known more for short stories, while for me, even though I love the stories, too, his more important and influential works are undoubtedly plays and his letters. In the letters, you can see his real character, or the one he seemed to prefer to play—not just a serious doctor with a professorial look who "surgically dissected human condition" (ew, can't be more cliche than that) but also a jester, witty and playful. Today I want us to look more into that side of his by joining him on his first Eurotrip and imagining he wrote a travel blog instead of letters.

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