Anton Chekhov Quote

Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.


Letter to A.N. Pleshcheev (January 15, 1889)


Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.

Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.

Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.

Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.