![]() GAYEF: Beloved and venerable cupboard honor and glory to your existence, which for more than a hundred years has been directed to the noble ideals of justice and virtue. They are expressed in the Ode to an Old Family Cupboard: The same feeling and reverence is entertained by her brother Leonid Gayef. ![]() She is devoted to it because of the memory of her ancestors and because of the many tender ties which bind her to the orchard. She loves it for its romanticism: nightingales sing in the orchard, accompanying the wooing of lovers. Ranevsky, the owner of the cherry orchard, an estate celebrated far and wide for its beauty and historic traditions, is deeply attached to the family place. ![]() In this play he depicts three stages of social development and their reflex in literature. The Cherry Orchard is Anton Chekhov's prophetic song. The following essay on The Cherry Orchard was originally published in The Social Significance of the Modern Drama. ![]()
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