Uncle Vanya | Uncle Vanya

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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

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...

Uncle Vanya | Uncle Vanya

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