Uncle Vanya (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- First Published: 1897
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Russia
- Principal Characters: Alexandr Serebryakov, Yelena Andreyevna, Sonya Alexandrovna, Marya Voynitsky, Ivan Voynitsky (Uncle Vanya), Mihail Astrov, Marina
- Genres: Impressionistic literature, Drama
- Subjects: Family or family life, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Rural or country life, Alienation, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Russia, Ukraine
The Story:
Astrov, the doctor, called to attend the retired Professor Serebryakov, who had complained all night of pains in his legs. To the doctor’s annoyance, the professor had left for a long walk with his wife, Yelena, and his daughter, Sonya. Astrov told the old nurse, Marina, that he was so overworked he felt a hundred years old. He also felt that, having worked with weak, discontented people for years, he had become as strange as they. Caring for nothing and no one, he wondered if people living a hundred years hence would remember men like him who had struggled to beat...
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