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The quote compares medicine and literature as two parts of the speaker’s life, each with a different role. It suggests that one can relieve the strain of the other, so alternating between them keeps the speaker engaged.
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Originally said in English.
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About Anton Chekhov
Russian playwright, short story writer, and physician
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright, short story writer, and physician. He worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is known for the lasting influence of his plays and stories. Chekhov’s stage work produced four classics, and his finest short fiction has long been admired by writers and critics. He is also often named, alongside Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, as one of the key figures in the rise of early modernist theatre. He practiced medicine professionally while writing literature.
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