Books by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This book contains five major plays by Anton Chekhov - "Ivanov", "The Seagull", "Uncle Vanya", "Three Sisters" and "The Cherry Orchard". This is a dual-language book with the Russian text on the left side, and the English text on the right side of each spread. The texts are precisely synchronized. See more details about this and other books on Russian Novels in Russian and English page on Facebook.

Included in this volume are "The Lady with the Dog," "A Doctor's Visit," "An Upheaval," "Ionitch," "The Head of the Family," "The Black Monk," "Volodya," "An Anonymous Story," and "The Husband."

Chekhov's final dramatic masterpiece displays a touching contrast between the tragic quality of its subject matter and the comic quality of the characters who act it out. The absence of action itself creates dramatic tension, with the doomed cherry orchard symbolises the decline of the Russian gentry. Memory, dreams and the dispossession of property are the main features of Chekhov's poignant 'vaudeville', now commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays in the Russian language.