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Monologues for men and women from the major plays-"The Cherry Orchard", "The Sea Gull", "The Three Sisters" and "Uncle Vanya"-of Anton Chekhov. These translations represent to first collection of monologues from the works of the Russian master. The acting experience is incomplete without a working knowledge of the plays of Anton Chekhov who-in collaboration with Stanislavski-irrevocably revolutionized the art of dramatic presentation. A must for every serious actor. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 11; Original Publisher: Macmillan; Publication date: 1921; Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary; Fiction / Fantasy / Epic; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Short Stories; History / Europe / Russia ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Publisher: Macmillan; Publication date: 1917; Subjects: Drama / Continental European; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Fantasy / Epic; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Short Stories; History / Europe / Russia ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Excellent "playing" translations for actors
Pity that this title is out of print.Of all the translations of Chekhov I've seen or worked with, Corrigan's are easily the most accessible for American actors.They are thankfully devoid of the "stiffness" that is part and parcel of most standard translations, and the easy flow of Corrigan's dialogue enables actors to get to the heart of the characters with far less effort. ... Read more

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A collection of essays and reminiscences by Chekhov's theatrical and literary acquaintances. ... Read more

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Volume: v. 12General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1922Original Publisher: MacmillanSubjects: Drama / Continental EuropeanFiction / ClassicsFiction / Fantasy / GeneralFiction / Fantasy / EpicFiction / LiteraryFiction / Short StoriesHistory / Europe / Russia ... Read more

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"The Lady with the Toy Dog," "Goussiev" and other famous tales by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). --- It was the conjunction of his peculiarly independent flexibility of mind with his keen scientific outlook that equipped Anton Pavlovich Chekhov for seizing and judging modern life from fresh angles. While representative of the changing horizons and complexity of the social organism of Russia, Chekhov's vision fused the detached, impartial attitude of the modern scientist with the deep humanism, the psychological insight, the caressing tenderness and the gay humour of his sensitive temperament. It is this element, the element of tenderness and sweetness of understanding, that forms the spiritual background of so many of Chekhov's Tales, and dominates invisibly the coarse web of the human struggle and the petty network of human egoism. --- Time's revenges or the irony of satisfied desires are treated in "The Lady with the Toy Dog." Yet one cannot say that Chekhov himself is "disillusioned." His sense of spiritual beauty is too strong; and his depth of acceptation of life's pattern forms, as it were, an aura enveloping his subject. This spiritual aura hovers about it and enwraps the gloomiest, greyest, most sardonic facts of life; death itself cannot diminish it. Examine "Goussiev," a sketch of the death of two worn-out soldiers on board a steamer, when returning from the East, a sketch that is so "modern" in its all-embracing outlook and bold acceptations as to shame nearly all our writers of today. It is so humanly broad, so tender, so infallibly true in its spiritual lightings, and it conveys the mystery of nature and all its transitory processes with sharp precision. In "Goussiev" there is a sharper consciousness of life's pulsating forces, of its inescapable laws and its evasive rhythms, than in any other "modern." (Edward Garnett) ... Read more

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With an Introduction and Notes by Joe Andrew, Professor of Russian Literature, Keele University Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. He constructs stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which leave much to the reader's imagination. This collection contains some of the most important of his earliest and shortest comic sketches, as well as examples of his great, mature works. Throughout, the doctor-turned-writer displays compassion for human suffering and misfortune, but is always able to see the comical, even farcical aspects of the human condition. ... Read more

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never received item
Ordered three weeks before Christmas, expecting to give as a gift, however I never received this item. Was very disappointed.

Great collection
A great collection of Chekhov's representative stories.Provides even more depth than the Russian Classics book for those who want to go deeper into Chekhov's intellect.Notes about each story provide helpful background information and a history of the story's origin.

best selection available
In my opinion this is the best selection of Chekhov's stories. There are some inevitable ommissions of personal favourites such as 'New Villa', 'A Doctor's Visit', 'Gusev' and 'The Butterfly' but this is a minor complaint beside the fact that this edition includes both novellas and stories.For one thing it includes the beautiful 'Steppe' which is almost worth the price alone as it is very difficult to find. All the acknowledged major works are here from 'Ward No. 6' to 'The Lady with the Dog' and all - another bonus - in Constance Garnett's rarely surpassed translation. ... Read more

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Uncle Vanya is a tragicomedy by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov published in 1899. Its first major performance was in 1900 under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski.

Uncle Vanya is unique among Chekhov's major plays because it is essentially an extensive reworking of a play published a decade earlier, The Wood Demon. By elucidating the specific revisions Chekhov made during the revision process, including reducing the cast-list from almost two-dozen down to a lean nine, changing the climactic suicide of the The Wood Demon into the famous failed homicide of Uncle Vanya, and altering the original happy ending into a more problematic, less final resolution, critics such as Donald Rayfield, Richard Gilman, and Eric Bentley have sought to chart the development of Chekhov's dramaturgical method through the 1890s.

Uncle Vanya was published in 1899, but it is difficult to determine when the work was originally finished, or when the revision process took place. Rayfield cites recent scholarship suggesting Chekhov revisited The Wood Demon during his trip to the island of Sakhalin, a prison colony in Eastern Russia, in 1891. (Quote from wikipedia.org)

About the Author

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (January 29 1860 - July 15 1904) was a Russian short-story writer and playwright. His playwriting career produced four classics, while 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".

Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896; but the play was revived to acclaim by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced U ... Read more