Swan Song [& Intro] - Anton Chekhov

This file contains the chronology, the introduction, Swan Song.


Swan Song

by Anton Checkov

PLAYS BY ANTON TCHEKOFF


TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARIAN FELL

CONTENTS

Introduction
Chronological List of Works
The Swan Song

INTRODUCTION

ANTON TCHEKOFF

THE last years of the nineteenth century were for Russia tinged
with doubt and gloom. The high-tide of vitality that had risen
during the Turkish war ebbed in the early eighties, leaving
behind it a dead level of apathy which lasted until life was