Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress. (Anton Chekhov)

Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.

Anton Chekhov

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