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A masterpiece of Russian drama. Uncle Vanya is in part a study of the enervation of Russian middle-class provincial life. The major dynamics between the characters themselves are centred on two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster.

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Anton Chekhov's only collection of crime and mystery stories.

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This collection features 20 of the literary master's early short story gems, includes "The Confession, " "He Understood, " "The Darling, " "Ninochka, " and "The Milksop, " along with a new Introduction. Reissue.

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Chekhov's plays express life through subtle construction, everyday dialogue, and an electrically charged atmosphere. This collection includes "Ivanov, The Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard." Revised reissue.

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Selected stories from each period of Chekhov's career offer a humorous look at ordinary people in trying situations.

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Helps you celebrate the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. This book takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe.

In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him the prestigious Pushkin Prize when it was published in 1887. This volume represents a clear milestone in the writer's passage from the youthful author of slight comic sketches, to the master of the short-story genre.

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A rediscovery of largely unknown early Chekhov stories

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This second volume of Chekhov's stories draws from his work of the 1880s and 90s and comprises "A Daughter of Albion", "An Incident", "A Dreary Story", "The Duel", "The Chorus Girl", "Ward 6", "The Teacher of Literature", "An Artist's Story", "My Life", "The Darling" and "The Lady with the Dog".

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David Hare turns his attention to a key work of Chekov's youth - an abandoned seven-hour teenage manuscript in which a Russian schoolmaster faces up to the implications of being irresistably attractive to four different women.

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This volume - here presented in Stephen Pimenoff's lively new translation - bristles with wit and humour, and is tinged by that understated note of melancholy and lyricism that is a trademark of Chekhov's writing.

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Madame Ranevskaya and her family of dreamers, idealists and romantics must eventually confront reality; they are deeply in debt and the only thing they have left to sell is their past.

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One of Chekhovs most admired stories, The Kiss is joined in this volume by six other celebrated tales in a new translation by Hugh Aplin.

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In 1880, while pursuing his medical studies, Chekhov took up his pen the better to support himself and his family. In the next two years, he published more than sixty stories under various pseudonyms, soon gaining a reputation as a brilliant young writer. This book deals with his life and work.

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Christopher Hampton's new translation of Chekhov's classic play.

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John Donnelly's version of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull premiered in a Headlong and The Nuffield, Southampton co-production, in association with Derby Playhouse. The play opened in April 2013, followed by a UK tour.

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Primarily known as a dramatist, Chekhov also wrote short stories. This selection of his work includes "The Swedish Match", "Easter Eve", "Mire", "On the Road", "Verotchka", "Volodya", "The Kiss", "Sleepy" and "The Steppe".

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Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya in a new version by Christopher Hampton.

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Featuring sex, comedy and unbearable sadness in nineteenth-century Russia, this version of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya was written and directed by Terry Johnson and opened at Hampstead Theatre, London, in November 2018.

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Samuel Adamson's translation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya is a dark and funny exploration of cross-purposed love, bitter jealousy and a dysfunctional family.