Best Plays By Chekhov: The Sea Gull; Uncle Vanya; The Three Sisters; The Cherry Orchard
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in fair condition. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight binding, no loose pages.
Few dramatists have captured the quiet anguish of the human condition with the precision and grace of Anton Chekhov, and this landmark Modern Library collection gathers his four greatest stage works — The Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard — into a single, indispensable volume. Each play chronicles a world of longing and stagnation, populated by characters who dream of escape while remaining firmly, tragically rooted in place; country estates become stages for failed ambitions, unrequited love, and the slow dissolution of the Russian aristocracy on the eve of a new century. Translated by the distinguished American critic and playwright Stark Young, whose introduction situates Chekhov within the broader landscape of modern drama, this edition presents the texts with a rare fidelity to both the letter and the spirit of the originals. Chekhov's genius lies in his mastery of subtext — what his characters cannot bring themselves to say resonates far louder than what they utter — and Young's translations honour that charged silence with uncommon sensitivity. For students, scholars, and theatre lovers alike, this collection remains a definitive gateway into the work of the writer who reinvented what a play could be.
Author: Anton Chekhov
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, The Modern Library
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in fair condition. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight binding, no loose pages.
Few dramatists have captured the quiet anguish of the human condition with the precision and grace of Anton Chekhov, and this landmark Modern Library collection gathers his four greatest stage works — The Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard — into a single, indispensable volume. Each play chronicles a world of longing and stagnation, populated by characters who dream of escape while remaining firmly, tragically rooted in place; country estates become stages for failed ambitions, unrequited love, and the slow dissolution of the Russian aristocracy on the eve of a new century. Translated by the distinguished American critic and playwright Stark Young, whose introduction situates Chekhov within the broader landscape of modern drama, this edition presents the texts with a rare fidelity to both the letter and the spirit of the originals. Chekhov's genius lies in his mastery of subtext — what his characters cannot bring themselves to say resonates far louder than what they utter — and Young's translations honour that charged silence with uncommon sensitivity. For students, scholars, and theatre lovers alike, this collection remains a definitive gateway into the work of the writer who reinvented what a play could be.