Uncle Vanya (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays)

Read it for English class. Interesting story with dull yet exciting characters. Wasn't a fast read, but not a slow one either.

Book(s) for my Mother who reads constantly nothing negative to say

Have you ever been lonely, and alone, in a room where a clock is loudly ticking? You feel empty inside, hoping yet knowing your hope is unjustified. All you hear is the ticking clock. And yet you will go on, you will rise every morning, live, struggle, dream. But still you feel empty, and you know that nothing and no one can change it. That is Uncle Vanya. It is beautiful and sad, and it shows the frailty of the human soul, its hunger for fulfillment, its sad realization that, in the end, there is only the relentless and cold march of time.Truly, one of the greatest masterpieces in all of world literature.

...I enjoyed this play immensely, although some of the relations were hard to keep track of. The characters were strongly written, and everything flowed really well.

Written 150 years ago and still stands true. Tragy- comic, written as only Russians from that period could. Excellent read. Short and sweet.