"Do you know," Ivan Bunin recalls Anton Chekhov saying to him in 1899, near the end of his … - Anton Chekhov

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One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

Anton Chekhov

"Do you know," Ivan Bunin recalls Anton Chekhov saying to him in 1899, near the end of his too-short life, "for how many years I shall be read? Seven. " "Why seven?" Bunin asked. "Well," Chekhov answered, "seven and a half then. "

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