The Cherry Orchard (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: An estate in Russia
- Principal Characters: Madame Ranevskaya, Anya, Varya, Gaev, Yasha, Dunyasha, Fiers, Lopakhin, Charlotta, Pischin, Trofimov
- Genres: Impressionistic literature, Drama
- Subjects: Class conflict, Twentieth century, Class consciousness, Servants, Trees, Russia or Russian people, Orchards
- Locales: Russia
The Story:
When Madame Ranevskaya’s little son, Grischa, was drowned only a year after the death of her husband, her grief was so overwhelming that she was forced to go to Paris to forget, and she remained away for five years. The Easter before her return to her estate in Russia, she sent for her seventeen-year-old daughter Anya to join her. To pay the expenses of her trip and that of her daughter, Madame Ranevskaya had been forced to sell her villa at Mentone, and she now had nothing left. She returned home to find that her whole estate, including a cherry orchard, which was...
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