Chekhov studied medicine in Moscow and continued to practice as a physician for many years. While in Moscow, he began to contribute short stories to journals. These tended to be light-hearted and humourous sketches. His first successful play was Ivanov in 1887, and was followed by The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1897), The Three Sisters (1901), and The Cherry Orchard (1904). Chekhov had suffered from tuberculosis since he was 23, a disease that would eventually end his life at the age of 44, and in 1899 was forced to move to the warmer climate of Yalta. Chekhov wrote hundreds of short stories and longer tales, the latter of which included Ward No. 6 (1892), A Dreary Story (1889) and The Steppe, which contains the most famous thunderstorm in literature. |
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