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The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
1904
Translated by Julius West, 1916
From: Plays, by Anton Tchekoff. 2d series, tr. with an introduction by Julius West. New York, Scribner's, 1917. 277 p. 20 cm. CONTENTS: On the high road.--The proposal.-The wedding.--The bear.--A tragedian in spite of himself.--The anniversary.--The three sisters.--The cherry orchard.
CHARACTERS
- LUBOV ANDREYEVNA RANEVSKY (Mme. RANEVSKY), a landowner
- ANYA, her daughter, aged seventeen
- VARYA (BARBARA), her adopted daughter, aged twenty-seven
- LEONID ANDREYEVITCH GAEV, Mme. Ranevsky's brother
- ERMOLAI ALEXEYEVITCH LOPAKHIN, a merchant
- PETER SERGEYEVITCH TROFIMOV, a student
- BORIS BORISOVITCH SIMEONOV-PISCHIN, a landowner
- CHARLOTTA IVANOVNA, a governess
- SIMEON PANTELEYEVITCH EPIKHODOV, a clerk
- DUNYASHA (AVDOTYA FEDOROVNA), a maidservant
- FIERS, an old footman, aged eighty-seven
- YASHA, a young footman
- A TRAMP
- A STATION-MASTER
- POST-OFFICE CLERK
- GUESTS
- A SERVANT
The action takes place on Mme. RANEVSKY'S estate
CONTENTS
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