Uncle Vanya - Softcover

Chekhov, Anton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1482673010 ISBN 13: 9781482673012

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

The play portrays the visit of an elderly Professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Elena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends, Vanya, brother of the Professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local Doctor, both fall under Elena's spell, while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the Professor's daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, meanwhile suffers from the awareness of her own lack of beauty and from her unrequited feelings for Dr. Astrov. Matters are brought to a crisis when the Professor announces his intention to sell the estate, Vanya and Sonya's home and raison d'être, with a view to investing the proceeds to achieve a higher income for himself and his wife.

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Review:

Strikingly intimate... Free of the stilted or formal locutions that clutter up some of the more antique-sounding translations... --New York Times

Superior to any other Uncle Vanya I've read or seen... Baker practices astonishing verbal magic over and over again. --Paris Review

About the Author:

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1482673010
• ISBN 13: 9781482673012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72