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great influence to many writers; it has been said that he changed the way short stories are written today.
On May 1901 Chekhov married an actress, Olga Knipper. Soon after he fell ill and died in 1904 from tuberculosis. He was only 44!
Some of his work includes:
• An Attack on Nerves • The Proposal
• The Anniversary
• A Boring Story
• Ivanov (Chekhov’s first length play) • A Dreary Story
• The Literature Teacher
• Three Years
• My Life
• The Black Monk
ORAL PRESENTATION. “My Favorite Writer”
• Form teams.
• Choose a writer that interests you.
• Gather information about him. (What he/she has written,
childhood, lifestyle, influences, etc.)
• You need to tell the class why you chose that writer.
• How has his work influenced your life?
• Present it to your class.
The Lottery Ticket 75 by Anton Chekhov
