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The chosen
adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok, from the novel by Chaim Potok
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2000; 61 p.; isbn:0822217406 More Information |
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The plays of Anton Chekhov
a new translation by Paul Schmidt
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These critically hailed translations of Chekhov plays are the only ones in English by a Russian-language scholar who is also a veteran Chekhovian actor. Without compromising the spirit of the text, Paul Schmidt accurately translates Chekhov's entire theatrical canon, rescuing the humor "lost" in most academic translations, while respecting the historical ...
1997; 387 p.; isbn:0060187050 More Information |
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The sea gull / by Anton Chekhov ; translated by Fred Eisemann. And, The tragedian in spite of himself
translated by Olive Frances Murphy
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"The Seagull" centers on the unsuccessful playwright Konstantin and his actress girlfriend Nina. When Nina falls in love with the successful novelist Trigorin, Konstantin kills a seagull and places it at her feet.
1913; 74 p.; isbn:0828314543 More Information |
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The cherry orchard : a comedy in four acts
Anton Chekhov ; translated and introduced by Michael Frayn
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Classic of world drama concerns passing of semifeudal order in turn-of-the-century Russia, symbolized in the sale of the cherry orchard owned by Madame Ranevskaya. Showcases Chekhov's rich sensitivities as an observer of human nature.
1990; 67 p.; isbn:0413393402 More Information |
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The essential plays
Anton Chekhov ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by Michael Henry Heim
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2003; 263 p.; isbn:0375761349 More Information |
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Five plays
Anton Chekhov ; translated and with an introd. by Ronald Hingley
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1980; 294 p.; isbn:0192815482 More Information |
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The portable Chekhov. Edited, and with an introd., by Avrahm Yarmolinsky
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
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634 p.; isbn:0140150358 More Information |
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I know why the caged bird sings
Angelou, Maya
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281 p.; isbn:0394429869 More Information |
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Growing up
Russell Baker
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1982; 278 p.; isbn:0865530548 |
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Cat's eye
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
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Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come ...
1988; 446p.; isbn:0385260075 More Information |
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Pride and prejudice
Jane Austen ; edited with an introduction by Tony Tanner ; illustrated by Hugh Thomson
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1982; 398 p.; isbn:0517385899 More Information |
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Moon palace
Paul Auster
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Marco Stanley Fogg is an orphan, a child of the sixties, a quester tirelessly seeking the key to his past, the answers to the ultimate riddle of his fate. As Marco journeys from the canyons of Manhattan to the deserts of Utah, he encounters a gallery of characters and a series of events as rich and surprising as any in modern fiction. Beginning during ...
1990; 307 p.; isbn:0140115854 More Information |
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