Anton Pavlovich
Chekhov's stories
concentrate on average men and women who cannot
seem to understand each other and become lonely.
His plays have little dramatic action and no real
heroes and heroines. Like the people in his
stories, the characters in his plays find
existence difficult and rather meaningless
because they fail to understand each other in
their search for a purpose in life. |
Vladimir Nabokov's
novels are noted for their
complicated plots and the complex attitudes they
express toward their subjects. He is probably
best known for Lolita, which deals with
the unnatural desires of Humbert Humbert, a
middle-aged pedophile. |