The book “Anton Pavlovich Chekhov at School” includes an analysis of the writer’s main works, studied in the basic and elective programs. The author closely examines the poetics of Chekhov's textbook stories, novellas and plays ("The Thick and the Thin", "The Man in a Case", "The House with a Mezzanine", "The Black Monk", "Ward No. 6", "The Seagull", "The Cherry Orchard" and other). The literary analysis of the works is coupled in the book with a fascinating analysis of the life of the spirit of one of the most beloved and most “closed” writers of the past. The book is addressed to literature teachers, students of gymnasiums, secondary schools, philology students and everyone interested in the work of A.P. Chekhov.