Anton Chekhov: Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author’s own

Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for litera — Anton Chekhov

Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author’s own conscience.

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