The sea-gull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

"The Sea-Gull" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a play written in 1895. Four characters clash over art and love at a country estate: a fading actress, her aspiring playwright son, a famous writer, and a young woman who dreams of the stage. Romantic entanglements intertwine with artistic ambitions as characters speak in subtext rather than direct declarations. The opening night in 1896 was a notorious disaster, but a later production became a triumph that transformed Russian theatre forever. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
Title The sea-gull
Alternate Title The seagull
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seagull
Credits Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Subject Russia -- Social life and customs -- Drama
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Subject Russian drama -- Translations into English
Subject Authors, Russian -- 19th century -- Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 1754
Release Date
Last Update Sep 10, 2016
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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