A Needless Victory

3 hrs. 23 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Anton Chekhov

Narrator Pavel Lomakin

Description

Young Hungarian singer Ilka, the daughter of a penniless violinist, wins over audiences with her voice and beauty, becoming a star of the salons. Noble admirers, rivalry, and fateful passions turn her life into a whirlpool of adoration and jealousy, where success and love are inextricably bound up with tragedy. This work stands apart in Chekhov’s oeuvre—it is written in the spirit of adventurous romantic prose and takes the reader to an exotic world of Hungarian counts, Gypsies, and high-society secrets.

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