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  <title><![CDATA[Five Plays: Ivanov/The Seagull/Uncle Vanya/Three Sisters/The Cherry Orchard]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1940</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Anton Pavlovich Chekhov]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Lavinia]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 24 10:41:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 04 11:45:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Livada de visini ****</strong><br/>* Mi s-a parut cea mai sensibila, poate pentru ca sentimentul pierderii e aici foarte evident si puternic: livada de visini e vinduta in cele din urma si intreaga familie e privata de locul cel mai drag lor, pierderea livezii putind echivala cu pierderea sperantelor, desi ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53831478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Thurston]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 16 23:34:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 16 23:40:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There's a lot of misery in these comedies? And quite an odd mix of affirmation and nihilism. Not quite a recipe, but include at least one babbling fool, and one case of unwanted affection. Upper crust going stale, a world ending, and yet things not really changing in big arc?<br/><br/>Translation ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74798754">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10883486">
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    <name><![CDATA[Vanja]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 22 15:02:09 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 06 21:23:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is something special about Chekhov. I would have to admit that Dostoevsky and Tolstoy may be greater writers than he is, but it seems that no writer has been able to produce a certain Russian spirit, tone, and sentiment as well as Chekhov in his writings. To put it simply, his plays and short ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10883486">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24067425">
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    <name><![CDATA[Brenda]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 09 10:34:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 26 21:13:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Three young orphaned women and their brother live in the boonies of Russia, desparately hoping to return to their childhood home of Moscow.  As the years go by, the women's fortunes fall, their lives become lonelier and they get no closer to their dearest dream.<br/><br/>I've read this 3 or 4 time...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24067425">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39926433">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 11 22:39:15 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 11 22:41:07 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've only read &quot;The Sea Gull&quot; from this collection.  Good stuff.  Not many plays address the world of acting and play-writing, but Chekhov does it beautifully.  Deep, good, read it.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="56626220">
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  <date_updated>Tue May 19 10:51:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Play after play ending with one or more of the characters going downstage and shooting themselves. Enough, already!]]></body>
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    <review id="45988767">
    <user id="2019278">
    <name><![CDATA[Pats]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 18:36:38 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 08 18:24:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[tolstoy may have hated chekhov's plays, but tolstoy's a jerk. as somebody who prefers real footwear to sandals, i'll give &quot;tony&quot; a break. the man has a keen sense of irony. like any good russian writer. nothing says &quot;funny&quot; like spousal abuse (how contemporary) and mommy complexe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45988767">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61258990">
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    <body><![CDATA[Chekhov is one of the most talented playwrights ever to have produced the craft.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="67538912">
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    <body><![CDATA[Three sisters is phenomenal ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Apr 06 01:48:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[really like his work.]]></body>
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    <review id="3902647">
    <user id="80861">
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[My only complaint is that I can't keep all the name variations and diminutives straight on the page.  This is why I love to see Chekhov performed.  The characters get embodied by actors, and you don't have to keep mental files on each one.  That said, it's Chekhov.  It's wonderful.  Every page has l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3902647">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4619197">
    <user id="88260">
    <name><![CDATA[Griffin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Haverford, PA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 15 20:19:27 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 15 20:19:27 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read these plays to try understnand what rural Russia must be like: cold, depressing, nothing happens (but at the same time everything happens). There's a general feeling of working for future generations. I got the feeling a lot of the soliloquies were just ideas that Chekhov had about life and t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4619197">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7490970">
    <user id="269757">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 09 12:55:19 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 09 12:58:01 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chekhov is one of the few playwrights that I like to read, which is to say, I like it just well on paper as on stage - maybe more. Possible because most stage productions don't get it quite right. It's the comedy, Stupid. <br/><br/>I go back and forth on favorites, and they are all so good. But if...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7490970">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="324596">
    <user id="18657">
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 19 12:48:32 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 19 12:51:02 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[After Shakespeare Chekov is my favorite playwright. Vanya, The Seagull, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard are all perfect pieces of theatre. Only because Vanya is the part I long to play above all do I look to that one with a bit more fondness. Just read the last speech in it and you will see why...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/324596">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15500790">
    <user id="911489">
    <name><![CDATA[Nate]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Highland Park, NJ]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[i'm assuming this is the one that contains &quot;ivanov&quot;, &quot;uncle vanya&quot;, &quot;the three sisters&quot;, &quot;the cherry orchard&quot; and &quot;the sea gull&quot;. drama doesn't always translate to text very well. i would have probably liked these more if i saw them performed live. h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15500790">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34732242">
    <user id="228713">
    <name><![CDATA[Jenny]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[....there are 4 plays in my edition and after reading &quot;The Seagull&quot; I really don't think that I want to trudge through the others. I don't think that they are very funny for &quot;comedies&quot; and they really seem to be all the same - satirizing the upper classes. Did I mention that Chek...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34732242">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24384749">
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    <body><![CDATA[I only read Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.  I gave two stars because I was kind of bored with each of them.  I wonder if seeing them onstage would make a better experience for me.  I get the social criticism going on about the breaking down of class and economic structure, but I wasn't entert...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24384749">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I cannot rationally explain my obsession with this man and his plays.  His life is a fascination in and of itself, but his plays are full of real characters, with blood in their veins and mortality on their minds.  They are confused, brittle, funny and frank.  I cannot help but love them.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would give Uncle Vanya, The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard five stars. The others would be four stars. The additional three one act &quot;jests&quot; are also excellent. <br/><br/>If you are a fan of Chekhov then these plays are a can't miss. He is a master of situational emotions and very funny...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 10 22:34:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love reading Chekhov's short stories.  I love reading plays.  I should love reading Chekhov's plays, right?  Apparently not.  These completely failed to interest me.  I actually fell asleep several times while trying to get through this book.  I'll stick with the short stories.]]></body>
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