What was Anton Chekhov’s legacy?

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Although Chekhov is best known for his plays, some critics think that his stories are even more creative and significant. Chekhov’s elusive, superficially guileless style of writing—in which what is left unsaid seems much more important than what is said—has defied effective analysis by literary critics and effective imitation by other creative writers.