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    <body><![CDATA[Yelena (to Sonya): Oh, it's more than just caretaking and tree planting. Don't you understand, darling? That man has genius! Do you know what genius means? It means daring, a free-ranging mind, a sense of vision. To plant a tree and be able to imagine that tree a hundred years from now--that means t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77778346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading this and looking at some of his other plays, I can't say I'm a big Chekhov fan. There are more characters that I can keep track of, and the ones he does include are terribly complicated. It's almost like watching someone with ADD, seeing how often they change their thoughts and objecti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40231438">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The end of this play is the lightest piece of prose ever written. In the darkest hour it actually tells me that there's still hope. I know this sounds pompous and yes, you have to go through whole play to get to this part, but still... I know this words by heart in Russian, not sure if it sounds tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72081799">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Por fin me he atrevido a releer 'Tío Vania'. Siempre había sido mi favorita obra de Chéjov favorita y precisamente porque era mi favorita temía que no fuera tan bueno como la recordaba. Temía que me gustara tanto sólo porque había sido la primera obra de Chéjov que había leído y porque est...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16703136">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This 1974 version from Avon Books includes the novella Ward No. 6 in addition to the play Uncle Vanya.  I was struck by the character Astrov in Uncle Vanya being an early environmentalist as he was showing his historical maps demonstrating the destruction of the forests over time.  I like seeing pla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1159214">more...</a>]]></body>
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      <review id="59971">
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    <body><![CDATA[I sympathies with Chekhov’s characters, both in his fictions and plays; poeple who are deep in pain and disatsters, …and their hands are not long enough to chang their world around…<br/><br/>The last statement of Chekhov’s plays describes alomost the whole piece:<br/>In Sea-Gul’s end, T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59971">more...</a>]]></body>
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      <review id="45573339">
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    <body><![CDATA[i do really like the reduced shakespeare company's version:<br/><br/>&quot;are you uncle vanya?&quot;<br/>&quot;i am&quot;<br/><br/>[gunshot:]<br/><br/><br/>there is a big difference between liking a play and appreciating it. i do not like what this play says. the concepts are the complete a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45573339">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My personal favorite Chekov play, full of sincere longing and all the pain and silliness it entails.  An electrifying conclusion that sums up all of the man's work.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I liked it better than Three Sisters. Possibly my favorite Chekhov play so far.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my favorite reading of 2008.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite Chekhov play.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A simple story that reminds you personal fulfillment can only be found when you live your best life. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Audiobook...................I found this drama to be quite dark.  The setting, rural Russia in the late 1800s, was interesting.  I believe Chekhov was trying to make a statement not just about the rural wealthy, but about humanity in general.  He describes a degeneration of the relationship between ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36514404">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Teaching this right now, and watching the Louis Malle movie/adaptation of Andre Gregory's stage production with Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, and Larry Pine. Mamet's adaptation of the text is loose and a bit freewheeling, but quite actable. As always, Chekhov's ability to see the smallness of our w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13492357">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as wonderful as The Seagull, but the third act was absolutely beautiful. The themes he proposed (growing older and saving nature) were interesting and inspiring. I love Chekhov more everytime I read something new. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Anton Chekhov is very good at &quot;showing&quot; a piece of time and the character's within it without judgement. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Due to a tremendous fondness for Vanya on 42nd Street, the best version of Vanya that I've seen on stage or screen, and because this is &quot;merely&quot; the text upon which any production is based, I arrive at my rating like a crab, backward.  The movie is a 5, so the text alone is a 4.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I get the ideas underlying it and the seemingly irrepressible need for Russian authors to examine the plight the serf and the institution of family in Russian culture, but this play was fairly boring. Sorry Anton, it was well-done, but a little draggy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Those who come a hundred or two hundred years after us will despise us for having lived our lives so stupidly and tastelessly. Perhaps they’ll find a means to be happy. &quot;<br/>Act IV <br/><br/>Quizas, quizas, quizas...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I played the grandmother in this work, and maybe it's because I was pissed that I didn't get a larger part, but I just could never get into the story.  Perhaps I should try reading The Cherry Orchard. ]]></body>
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