The Seagull

We present the audiobook “The Seagull” by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov— the great Russian writer, classic of world literature, an honorary academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in the category of fine letters. One of the best-known playwrights in the world. His works have been translated into almost all languages of the world. His plays, especially “Uncle Vanya,” “Three Sisters,” and “The Cherry Orchard,” have been staged in many theaters around the world for more than a hundred years and have been filmed many times. Over his writing career, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov created more than five hundred works, many of which became classics of world literature.

The book is read by a popular artist and well-known dubbing actor Sergey Gorbunov.

Treplev (looking over the stage). “So this is the theatre. Curtains, then the first wing, then the second—and then an empty space. No scenery at all. You can see the lake straight ahead, all the way to the horizon. We’ll lift the curtain at half past eight, when the moon rises.”

Sorin. “Excellent.”

Treplev. “If Zarechnaya is late, then of course the whole effect will be ruined. She ought to be here already. Her father and stepmother keep watch over her, and to break free from home is just as hard as to break out of prison. (Adjusts his uncle’s tie.) Your head and beard are all disheveled. You should get a haircut…”

Sorin (combing his beard). “The tragedy of my life. I had the same look in my youth, as if I’d been drinking day and night—and that was it. Women never liked me.”

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