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Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

  • Drama
  • Book language: English
  • 55 pages

Uncle Vanya is a four-act play by Anton Chekhov, subtitled Scenes from Country Life. It follows residents and visitors of a rural estate, including weary Vanya, Dr. Astrov, a retired professor's family, and young Sonia. Through quiet talk and everyday conflict, it portrays missed lives and longing. It is worth hearing for its compassionate dialogue and provincial Russian atmosphere.

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UNCLE VANYA
SCENES FROM COUNTRY LIFE
IN FOUR ACTS
By Anton Checkov
Contents
CHARACTERS
ALEXANDER SEREBRAKOFF, a retired professor
HELENA, his wife, twenty-seven years old
SONIA, his daughter by a former marriage

MME. VOITSKAYA, widow of a privy councilor, and mother of
Serebrakoff's first wife
IVAN (VANYA) VOITSKI, her son
MICHAEL ASTROFF, a doctor
ILIA (WAFFLES) TELEGIN, an impoverished landowner
MARINA, an old nurse
A WORKMAN
The scene is laid on SEREBRAKOFF'S country place
UNCLE VANYA

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