Because Chekhov’s plays convey the universally recognizable, sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic, frustrations of decent people trying to make sense of their lives, they remain as fresh and vigorous as when they were written a century ago. Gathered here in superb new renderings by one of the m
The Russian Text of three Plays: Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, the Cherry Orchardby A. P. Chekhov
β Scribed by Review by: H. K. L.
- Book ID
- 124740329
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Year
- 1947
- Weight
- 383 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-7431
- DOI
- 10.2307/40086220
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