My Life

Interesting Facts

• The main character, Misail Poloznev, decides to renounce the privileges of his social class and begins working as a simple laborer, which was unusual for Russian literature of the time.
• The book raises important social and philosophical questions, such as the search for life's meaning, social inequality, and personal responsibility.
• One of the central themes of the work is the generational conflict, reflected in Misail's relationship with his father.
• In the book, Chekhov depicts life in a provincial town with its bourgeois manners and prejudices, making the work an important social document of its time.
• The work was written during a period when Chekhov himself was experiencing a crisis and seeking new paths in life and creativity, which is reflected in the fate of the main character.