You can find poetry in various scenes of the great body of prose dramatists that have grown up in Europe since Ibsen, in Hauptmann, in Synge, in chekhov, in Jacinto Benavente, in dialogues where an idea is fought for or an emotion displayed.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
With Anton chekhov the short story assumed a position of importance alongside the larger works of the great Russian masters.
"Best Russian Short Stories"
Various
Rich as Russia has become in the short story, Anton chekhov still stands out as the supreme master, one of the greatest short-story writers of the world.
"Best Russian Short Stories"
Various