The cherry orchard : a comedy in four acts
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (857 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0000EDXBC |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 60 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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The cherry orchard : a comedy in four acts book has been released since 0000-00-00. The cherry orchard : a comedy in four acts are written by Anton Pavlovich Van Itallie, Jean Claude, Chekhov and it has 60 of pages on paperback.
Poor Delivery A. King The item itself was in great condition. However, the package got lost in the mail so they shipped me another copy, which I received. I was grateful for this, but I really needed the book early on and had to wait almost a month to receive a copy.. A heartbreak and a smile As I read this play, my family is in the process of moving a thousand miles away from the farm where I grew up. Though I am so far away from the Russian culture and time of this play, the themes of place, tradition, and inevitable change resonated inside of me, and I am grateful to Chekhov for the way he has handled them.The Cherry Orchard is a play about change, and the symbolism is pretty easy to recognize. What makes it stand apart, I think, from a thousand other plays on the same theme is its wonderful sense of comedy, of smiling sadness. Chekhov all his life insisted it was . Pretty good translation of a powerful play Volkswagen Blues People in my line of work (that is, teachers and critics of literature) seem to be paying more attention to "The Sea Gull" these days, but my money is still on "The Cherry Orchard" as favorite Chekhov play. Dover's incomparably priced edition lacks a little in the readability of the translation, but it's still a nice version of a powerful piece of work.For me, the real strength of "The Cherry Orchard" is its unwillingness to come down propagandistically on one side of any issue. The intellectual and eternal student Trophimof levels a critique against capitalism, but one must bear