Collected in this volume are Chekhov s four most celebrated plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard - in a brand-new translation by Hugh Aplin. In these personal stories of unfulfilled love, failed ambition and existentialennui, set against a background of unsettling social and economical change, the reader can appreciate the groundbreaking qualities of Chekhov s theatrical genius.