{"product_id":"uncle-vanya-9780413159502","title":"Uncle Vanya","description":"Along with Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya is credited as one of Chekhov's masterpieces and a significant precursor of modern drama. Set on a country estate in late nineteenth century Russia, Uncle Vanya is in part a study of the enervation of Russian middle-class provincial life. The major dynamics between the characters themselves are centred on two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster. Mixing the tragic and the absurd and dealing with a form that allows for ambiguity and contradiction, Uncle Vanya has been deemed the first modernist play. (David Lan)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Various\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.88h x 5.04w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780413159502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnton Chekhov (1860-1904) first turned to writing as a medical student at Moscow University, from which he graduated in 1884. Among his early plays were short monologues (\u003ci\u003eThe Evils of Tobacco\u003c\/i\u003e, 1885), one-act farces such as \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Proposal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e (1888-89) and the 'Platonov' material, adapted by Michael Frayn as \u003ci\u003eWild Honey\u003c\/i\u003e. The first three full-length plays to be stage, \u003ci\u003eIvanov\u003c\/i\u003e (1887), \u003ci\u003eThe Wood Demon\u003c\/i\u003e (1889) and \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) were initially failures. But the Moscow Arts Theatre's revival of \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e two years later was successful and was followed by his masterpieces, \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e (1889), \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters \u003c\/i\u003e(1901), and \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e in 1904, the year of his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heinemann Educational Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40364749291635,"sku":"9.78041E+12","price":21.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_285c6473-8d8f-4c44-b053-7bbfa994f7d6.jpg?v=1660665626","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/uncle-vanya-9780413159502","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}