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The Sea-Gull - cover

The Sea-Gull

Anton Chekhov

Translator Constance Garnett

Publisher: Merkaba Press

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Summary

The Sea-Gull  is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Tréplev.
Available since: 08/31/2017.

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