Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts

Name: Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

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"Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a play first published in 1897. When an elderly professor and his beautiful young wife visit a rural estate, two men fall under her spell while confronting their provincial disappointments. The estate manager Vanya has sacrificed years supporting the professor's career, while his niece Sonya harbors unspoken feelings for the local doctor. Crisis erupts when the professor announces plans to sell the estate—their home—threatening to upend their carefully managed existence.

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Russia · Social life and customs
Russian drama · Translations into English
Country life · Russia
Families · Russia

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Act I

A country house on a terrace. In front of it a garden. In an avenue of trees, under an old poplar, stands a table set for tea, with a samovar, etc. Some benches and chairs stand near the table. On one of them is lying a guitar. A hammock is swung near the table. It is three o'clock in the afternoon of a cloudy day.

MARINA, a quiet, grey-haired, little old woman, is sitting at the table knitting a stocking.

ASTROFF is walking up and down near her.

MARINA. [Pouring some tea into a glass] Take a little tea, my son.

ASTROFF. [Takes the glass from her unwillingly] Somehow, I don't seem to want any.

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This free edition of Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1756, released 1999-05-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Plays/Films/Dramas, Russian Literature.

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