A Month in the Country - Softcover

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573612447 ISBN 13: 9780573612442

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

Comedy / 8 m., 5 f., 1 c. / Int./ext. A bored wife living in the Russian countryside falls in love with her little boy's handsome new tutor, just like all of the women in the household. The wife's chief rival turns out to be her 17 year old ward; they make a wonderful portrait of two different women in love. "What a charming play.... The workmanship is carefully wrought. The lines of characterization are fine.... It seems like a breath of fresh air." N.Y. Times. FEE: $75 per performance.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

Review:

Comedy in three acts by Ivan Turgenev, published in 1855 and first produced professionally in 1872 as Mesyats v derevne. The play concerns complications that ensue when Natalya, a married woman, and Vera, her young ward, both fall in love with Belyayev, the naive young tutor of Natalya's son. Considered Turgenev's dramatic masterpiece, the work presaged the psychological realism of Anton Chekhov's plays. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0573612447
• ISBN 13: 9780573612442
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116