Il Gabbiano by Anton Chekhov
On a provincial country estate, a young experimental playwright struggles for recognition and the love of an aspiring actress whose dreams of fame are captured by a celebrated novelist, while the actress's self-absorbed mother and the tangled affections of friends and neighbors create jealousy and despair; the characters’ conflicting ambitions, romantic illusions and petty resentments gradually destroy lives and art, leading to disillusionment and a tragic, unsettling conclusion that interrogates the cost of creativity and the gap between illusion and reality.
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- Published
- 1896
- Nationality
- Russian
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 80-120
- Original Language
- Russian
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- Alternate Titles
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- Chayka
- Chayka (transliteration)
- La gaviota
- La mouette
- The Seagull
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