The Cherry Orchard: Selected Plays by Chekhov (the Man in the Box: the Collected Works of Chekhov)
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The landowner is on the verge of bankruptcy and the cherry orchard will soon be auctioned off. The only rescue measure is to cut down all the cherry trees, build villas and collect rent. The landowner grew up here and was so attached to his homeland that he couldn't bear to cut down the cherry trees and was still reluctant to make up his mind. Eventually the cherry orchard was purchased by a former servant. The landowner's family left forever, living in a foreign land. At the end there is the sound of logging. This drama collection includes Chekhov's masterpieces "The Seagull", "Uncle Vanya", "Three Sisters", "The Cherry Orchard" and the one-act play "Swan Song". Chekhov's plays are more like prose. There is no conflict, no position, and no ending. The dialogue is ineffective, and the monologues tend to be arbitrary. The characters here are kind and noble, but they are all obsessed with fantasy, stumbling and becoming ridiculous in the rapidly changing life. But as long as they still exist, there is still hope for the world to get better, because among the cruel laws of nature, the most admirable thing is precisely "the survival of the weak."
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