The Seagull (Chekhov Anton Pavlovich)(Paperback)

The Seagull (Chekhov Anton Pavlovich)(Paperback)

A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation 'The play has been flooded with light, like a room with the curtains drawn back' John Peter, Sunday Times'The direct simplicity of this new translation ... uncovers not only the nerve endings of Chekhov's

Young Chekhov: Platonov, Ivanov, the Seagull (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

Anton Chekhov is one of the undisputed masters of world drama. He is usually thought to hide himself behind his characters and stories, keeping his own personality well off-stage. But when he was young he wrote three plays -- Platonov, Ivanov and The Seagull -- which, with their thrilling sunbursts

The Plays of Anton Chekhov (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

These critically hailed translations of The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters and the other Chekhov plays are the only ones in English by a Russian-language scholar who is also a veteran Chekhovian actor.Without compromising the spirit of the text, Paul Schmidt accurately translates Chekhov's

Plays: The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, the Seagull and Uncle Vanya (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines. Collected in this volume are

Plays: Ivanov; The Seagull; Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherryorchard (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights. This collection includes The Cherry Orchard, now on Broadwayin a Roundabout Theater Company production at the American Airlines Theater. Directed by Simon Godwin and starring Diane Lane, John Glover and Susannah Flood

Seagull (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback / softback)

what do you think he does?- He destroys her.A story about how we make stories, a story about unrequited love, The Seagull is one of the great plays of the modern

Russian Classics in Russian and English: Learn Russian with Chekhov (Chekhov Anton Pavlovich)(Paperback)

In this book fifteen Chekhov's short stories are presented in three formats: the original Russian texts with stress marks, the parallel English translations and the transliterated texts - Russian words written with Latin letters to facilitate the experience of learning to read Russian. Each text

Uncle Vanya (Chekhov Anton Pavlovich)(Paperback)

Along with Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya is credited as one of Chekhov's masterpieces and a significant precursor of modern drama. Set on a country estate in late nineteenth century Russia, Uncle Vanya is in part a study of the enervation of Russian middle-class provincial life

Chekhov'S Selected Stories (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback / softback)

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov's

The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

Anton Chekhov was a master whose daring work revolutionized theatre. Robert Burstein declared that 'there are none who bring the drama to a higher realization of its human role.' In The Cherry Orchard, his last full-length play, an impoverished landowning family is unable to face the fact that

About Love and Other Stories (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov 'the greatest short story writer who has ever lived.' This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has

Forty Stories (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

If any writer can be said to have invented the modern short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing. And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty

Uncle Vanya (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

The Steppe and Other Stories (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

The fifth volume of Chekhov short stories completes the publication in the World Classics series of his entire work as a mature fiction-writer. Here are 22 stories, including 'The Steppe,' Chekhov's first short story to be published in a serious Russian literary journal. All the texts are taken

Three Sisters (Chekhov Anton Pavlovich)(Paperback)

You'd be hard put to find a better script to work with than this translation by Michael Frayn . . . It sticks rigorously to the inner thrust of the play while giving it a fresh, crisp clarity that makes it not just accessible but compelling to watch. The underlying tragedy . . . is intact. It is

Sakhalin Island (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

In 1890, the thirty-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous eleven-week journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of Sakhalin. Now collected here in one volume are the fully annotated translations of his impressions of his

In the Ravine & Other Stories (Chekhov Anton)(Pevná vazba)

Anton Chekhov was one of the world's most accomplished short-story writers and this new collection displays the breadth and variety of his genius. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These

The Story of a Nobody (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

A secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official's son, with a view to spying on the father and, ultimately, assassinating him. But the young man entrusted with the task - an ailing, world-weary 'nobody' - seized with the purposelessness of life and a sense of his own

Fifty-Two Stories (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

From the celebrated, award-winning translators of Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov a lavish volume of stories by one of the most influential short fiction writers of all time. Anton Chekhov left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more so than short

Cherry Orchard (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback / softback)

It is the turn of the 20th century and Russia is changing rapidly - the serfs have been emancipated, a new middle class is arising and the aristocracy is struggling to come to terms with their reduced role in society. Seeking to preserve a life of leisure and luxury, Madame Ranevsky must consider

The Complete Plays (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

This stunning new translation presents the only truly complete edition of the plays of one of the greatest dramatists in history. Anton Chekhov is a unique force in modern drama, his works interpreted and adapted internationally and beloved for their brilliant wit and understanding of the human

Three Sisters (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups plunged the country into chaos. Fuelled by foreign

The Russian Master and Other Stories (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

Concentrating on the themes of the loss of ideals and the poverty of actual experience, this collection of Chekhov stories--taken from The Oxford Chekhov--includes 'His Wife,' 'A Lady with a Dog,' 'The Duel,' 'A Hard Case,' 'Gooseberries,' 'Concerning Love,' 'Peasants,' 'Angel,' 'Terror,' 'The