The Water Engine & Mr. Happiness - Couverture souple

Chekov

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0573600570 ISBN 13 : 9780573600579

Editeur : Samuel French, Inc, 2017

Synopsis

In The Water Engine actors an announcer and a sound effects man present a radio play during the 1930s with unerring authenticity. The "play within the play" reveals the story of a young inventor who's found a way to run an engine on distilled water. At first ridiculed he is courted by crooked lawyers attempting to buy the invention from him on behalf of "certain business interests." After refusing he is threatened and when he attempts to give his story to the newspapers he is murdered alo

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This structurally and psychologically compact drama takes place on an estate in 19th-century Russia, exploring the complex interrelationships between a retired professor, his second wife, and the daughter and brother-in-law from his first marriage. Interwoven themes of weakness, delusion, and despair are balanced by an underlying message of courage and hope. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Samuel French, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0573600570
• ISBN 13: 9780573600579
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 82
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Universal Music Group; https://www.universalmusic.com/contact-us/; ; 's-Gravelandseweg 80; Amsterdam; Pays-Bas