The Major Plays
by:
Anton Chekhov (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451506870 (0451506871)
Publish date: May 31st 1964
Publisher: Signet Classics
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Anthologies,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
19th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature
This collection of Chekhov's major and most well-known plays has to be one of my most valued possessions. Each story is unique, each plot has its own theme, the characters could undoubtedly have existed and not just been imagined. Chekhov's plays seem to have a strong effect on me, I could see mysel...
IntroductionFurther ReadingChronologyTranslator's NoteGlossary--Ivanov--The Seagull--Uncle Vanya--Three Sisters--The Cherry OrchardNotes
Reading, as opposed to seeing Chekhov is quite a strange experience because of his impressionistic technique - nothing is explained, everything is surface, the opposite of the great classic novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky which are all psychology. There are motifs, as in poetry, which emerge or sin...
Livada de visini ***** Mi s-a parut cea mai sensibila, poate pentru ca sentimentul pierderii e aici foarte evident si puternic: livada de visini e vinduta in cele din urma si intreaga familie e privata de locul cel mai drag lor, pierderea livezii putind echivala cu pierderea sperantelor, desi in fin...
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