
Ivanoff
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"Ivanoff: A Play" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a four-act drama first performed in 1887. Nikolai Ivanov, a debt-ridden government official, struggles with melancholy as his marriage crumbles and his tuberculosis-stricken wife unknowingly approaches death. When he becomes entangled with Sasha, his creditor's young daughter, a web of accusations about his motives begins to tighten. Chekhov's drama explores internal conflicts and moral judgment, building toward a shocking climax that questions whether redemption is possible for a man who has lost his appetite for life.
- Russian drama
- Russia
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1755. Ivanoff on Wikipedia.
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