Offers translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts along with an introduction focused on the plays' power to elicit the widely divergent of responses, the life of the... Læs mere
Offers translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts along with an introduction focused on the plays' power to elicit the widely divergent of responses, the life of the... Læs mere
Drawn from Sharon Marie Carnicke's volume of "Chekhov, Four Plays and Three Jokes" (Hackett), this title features Carnicke's translation of a play that has been called 'Chekhov's ultimate theatrical coup d'etat'.
First published in her Chekhov: Four Plays and Three Jokes, Sharon Marie Carnicke's eye-openingtranslation of Three Sisters appears in this edition with a new Introduction that expands... Læs mere
First published in her Chekhov: Four Plays and Three Jokes, Sharon Marie Carnicke's eye-openingtranslation of Three Sisters appears in this edition with a new Introduction that expands... Læs mere
Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.
And so they fight, bond, belittle, lament, make peace and contemplate the odd murder. Featuring sex, comedy and unbearable sadness in nineteenth-century Russia, this version of Anton... Læs mere
The second unique collection of Constance Garnett's translations of Chekhov's short fiction, selected for riverrun editions by Janet Malcolm
The importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have... Læs mere
Tells stories from the middle period of the author's career - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor. In this title, all the stories feature characters who... Læs mere
Olga, the pretty young daughter of a drunken forester on a country estate, and her fateful relationships with the men in her life. Adored by Urbenin, the estate manager, whom she... Læs mere