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ID: 765192

Title: Uncle Vanya

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: Mark Bowen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:00:58

Language: English

Release date: 03-15-24

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897.

The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friendsVanya, brother of the professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local doctorboth fall under Yelena's spell while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, suffers from her unrequited feelings for Astrov. Matters are brought to a crisis when the professor announces his intention to sell the estate, Vanya and Sonya's home, with a view to investing the proceeds to achieve a higher income for himself and his wife.

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