“Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood! Why does this irrevocable time, forever departed, seem brighter, more festive and richer than it actually was?”

—  Anton Chekhov , book The Bishop

The Bishop (1902)

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Russian dramatist, author and physician 1860–1904

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