Ivanoff: A Play: Play Guide and Free Edition
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Ivanoff: A Play is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (1860–1904).
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"Ivanoff: A Play" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a four-act drama first performed in 1887. Nikolai Ivanov, a debt-ridden government official, struggles with melancholy as his marriage crumbles and his tuberculosis-stricken wife unknowingly approaches death. When he becomes entangled with Sasha, his creditor's young daughter, a web of accusations about his motives begins to tighten. Chekhov's drama explores internal conflicts and moral judgment, building toward a shocking climax that questions whether redemption is possible for a man who has lost his appetite for life.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Ivanoff: A Play
- Author credits: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (1860–1904)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Russia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
- Russian drama -- Translations into English
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- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
- Category: Russian Literature
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