The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
73 pages~1 hrs
“The price of progress is the beauty of the past.”
An aristocratic family clings to the nostalgia of their past as the world they once knew begins to crumble around them. Amidst the beauty of a blossoming estate, they must decide whether to embrace an uncertain future or watch their legacy fall to the sound of the axe.
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