by Anton Chekhov · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521576703
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«The Cherry Orchard» is the play by Anton Chekhov published by Cambridge University Press in paperback (128 pages, in English).
Chekhov sets the action on the estate of a ruined Russian aristocratic family: to settle the debts, the property and its famous cherry orchard will be auctioned. Between nostalgia for the past and the difficulty of accepting change, the characters see the loss of their world approaching without managing to agree on a common plan to avoid it.
Edition from the Cambridge Literature series, with a version by Pam Gems based on the literal translation by Tania Alexander and edited by Brian Woolland. Original work: «Вишнëвый сад» (1903).
Edition designed for classroom study: for students aged 14 to 18 and for preparation for A and AS levels in English-speaking systems.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer. Widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time, his career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
