Russians Take Love Seriously and It Shows ; Chekhov's Characters Played with Insight and Sympathy Uncle Vanya

Daily Mail (October 04, 2007)

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THERE'S nothing avuncular about Uncle Vanya. He suffers from the same debilitating melancholia that afflicts most of Chekhov's major characters.

This causes him to run the country estate he oversees for his brother-in-law into the red, and turns him into a major source of concern for his hardworking niece Sonya.

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Russians Take Love Seriously and It Shows ; Chekhov's Characters Played with Insight and Sympathy Uncle Vanya

And though there are near fatal consequences when his frustrations erupt, most of the ti...

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