- Act I - Act Iı - Act Iıı - Act Iv

- The Lady Wıth The Dog - A Doctor's Vısıt - An Upheaval - Ionıtch - The Head Of The Famıly - The Black Monk - Volodya - An Anonymous Story - The Husband

- The Duel - Excellent People - Mıre - Neıghbours - At Home - Expensıve Lessons - The Prıncess - The Chemıst's Wıfe

- The Darlıng - Arıadne - Polınka - Anyuta - The Two Volodyas - The Trousseau - The Helpmate - Talent - An Artıst's Story - Three Years

Contents - The Horse-Stealers - Ward No. 6 - The Petchenyeg - A Dead Body - A Happy Endıng T - He Lookıng-Glass - Old Age Darkness - The Beggar - A Story Wıthout A Tıtle - In Trouble - Frost - A Slander - Mınds In Ferment - Gone Astray - An Avenger - The Jeune Premıer - A Defenceless Creature - An Enıgmatıc Nature - A Happy Man - A Troublesome Vısıtor - An Actor's End

- The Party - Terror - A Woman's Kıngdom - A Problem - The Kıss - 'ANNA On The Neck' - The Teacher Of Lıterature - Not Wanted - Typhus - A Mısfortune - A Trıfle From Lıfe

This was more or less how I began my love-letter to Sasha, a girl of nineteen with whom I had fallen in love. I began it five times, and as often tore up the sheets, scratched out whole pages, and copied it all over again. I spent as long over the letter as if it had been a no­vel I had to write to order. And it was not because I tried to make it longer, more elaborate, and more fer vent, but because I wanted endlessly to prolong the process of this writing, when one sits in the stillness of one's study and

THE last years of the nineteenth century were for Russia tinged with doubt and gloom. The high-tide of vitality that had risen during the Turkish war ebbed in the early eighties, leaving behind it a dead level of apat­hy which lasted until life was again quickened by the high interests of the Revolution. During these grey ye­ars the lonely country and stagnant provincial towns of Russia buried a peas-antry which was enslaved by want and toil, and an educated upper class which was ensla­ved by idle-ness and

Contents Act I Act Iı Act Iıı Act Iv

Contents Introductıon On The Hıgh Road The Proposal The Weddıng The Bear A Tragedıan In Spıte Of Hımself The Annıversary The Three Sısters Act I Act Iı Act Iıı Act Iv The Cherry Orchard Act One Act Two Act Three Act Four

- The Bıshop - The Letter - Easter Eve - A Nıghtmare - The Murder - Uprooted - The Steppe

- The Cook's Weddıng - Sleepy - Chıldren - The Runaway - Grısha - Oysters - Home - A Classıcal Student - Vanka - An Incıdent - A Day In The Country - Boys - Shrove Tuesday - The Old House - In Passıon Week - Whıtebrow - Kashtanka - A Chameleon - The Dependents - Who Was To Blame? - The Bırd Market - An Adventure - The Fısh - Art - The Swedısh Match

- The Black Monk - On the Way - A Family Council - At Home - In Exile - Rothschild's Fiddle - A Father - Two Tragedies - Sleepyhead - At the Manor - An Event - Ward No. 6

- The Chorus Gırl - Verotchka - My Lıfe - At A Country House - A Father - On The Road - Rothschıld's Fıddle - Ivan Matveyıtch - Zınotchka - Bad Weather - A Gentleman Frıend - A Trıvıal Incıdent

FYODOR LUKITCH SYSOEV, the master of the fac­tor y school maintained at the expense of the firm of Ku­likin, was getting ready for the annual dinner. Ever y year after the school examination the board of managers gave a dinner at which the inspector of elementar y schools, all who had conducted the examinations, and all the mana­gers and foremen of the factor y were present. In spite of their official character, these dinners were always good and lively, and the guests sat a long time over them for­getting

- The Schoolmıstress - A Nervous Breakdown - Mısery - Champagne - After The Theatre - A Lady's Story - In Exıle - The Cattle-Dealers - Sorrow - On Offıcıal Duty - The Fırst-Class Passenger - A Tragıc Actor - A Transgressıon - Small Fry - The Requıem - In The Coach-House - Panıc Fears - The Bet - The Head-Gardener's Story - The Beautıes - The Shoemaker And The Devıl

- The Wıtch - Peasant Wıves - The Post - The New Vılla - Dreams - The Pıpe - Agafya - At Chrıstmas Tıme - Gusev - The Student - In The Ravıne - The Huntsman - Happıness - A Malefactor - Peasants

- The Wıfe - Dıffıcult People - The Grasshopper - A Dreary Story - The Prıvy Councıllor - The Man In A Case - Gooseberrıes - About Love - The Lottery Tıcket

The scene is laid in the park on Sorin's estate. A broad avenue of trees leads away from the audience toward a lake which lies lost in the depths of the park. The avenue is obstructed by a rough stage, temporarily erected for the performance of amateur theatricals, and which screens the lake from view. There is a dense growth of bushes to the left and right of the stage. A few chairs and a little table are placed in front of the stage. The sun has just set. Jacob and some other workmen are heard hammering a