Ivanoff: A Play by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
Title Ivanoff: A Play
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanov_(play)
Credits Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Subject Russian drama -- Translations into English
Subject Russia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
Category Text
EBook-No. 1755
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Nov 26, 2012
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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