Why can rereading an Anton Chekhov story produce a different experience?

Rereading an Anton Chekhov story often produces a different experience because of his unique narrative technique, in which an overt plot subtly hints at other hidden stories.1

Chekhov, a master of the short story, employed a style that is often described as elusive and superficially guileless. In his writing, what is left unsaid is frequently more significant than what is explicitly stated. By adopting a clinical approach to ordinary life—informed by his background as a physician—he utilized meticulous observation and broad sympathy to craft narratives that lack complex plots or neat solutions.231

Because his stories focus on apparent trivialities and contain these layered, hidden narratives, a reader discovers new depths and meanings upon returning to the text that were not apparent during a first reading.31