Flora Thompson vs. Anton Chekhov
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Flora Thompson
1876 – 1947
Flora Jane Thompson was an English novelist and poet best known for her semi-autobiographical trilogy about the English countryside, Lark Rise to Candleford.
"We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity."
Anton Chekhov
1860 – 1904
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer, widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre.
"We learn about life not from pluses alone, but from minuses as well."
Connections
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