"We have a corner in the country where everyone keeps a part of his heart. This is Chekhov's house on Autka, - wrote Konstantin Paustovsky. "For people of my generation, this house is like a window illuminated from within. Behind him you can see your half-forgotten childhood from the dark garden. In these lyrical words of the writer there is no direct recognition that he learned from Chekhov the truth of life, the mastery of landscape, laconism and simplicity, and careful attitude to language. But we are well aware of this.

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