Selected Stories (Anton Chekov)

I have a selection of Stand-by Books, ones that sit on the shelf waiting for the day that I have nothing else to read. Mostly they are classics and authors that I consider must reads, or books that I have bought and just couldn't get into but intend on finishing. This is one of the classics that I thought was necessary. It would be impossible not to be able to get into the stories, because few of them are more than a few pages long and are over before you have the chance to really become engaged, or disinterested.
As far as I can tell, Chekov is an art for arts sake sort of man, writing the truth rather than trying to subtly add some sort of hidden meaning or moral into his word. But that doesn't stop you from stopping and thinking about the characters in the character driven stories, stories that are written almost entirely in conversation form.
There isn't really much to say, the stories were interesting but they didn't have the sort of depth that I love.