One of this man's short stories describes a bet between two men about whether one can spend 15 years in solitary confinement, and in one of his plays, a pistol is fired at Serebryakov from close range by the title character. In addition to (*) Uncle Vanya, this man wrote a play about Trigorin, Nina,
One of this man's short stories describes a bet between two men about whether one can spend 15 years in solitary confinement, and in one of his plays, a pistol is fired at Serebryakov from close range by the title character. In addition to (*) Uncle Vanya, this man wrote a play about Trigorin, Nina, Irina, and Konstantin, who shoots himself not long after shooting the title bird, and his last and most famous play sees Lopakhin buy the title estate from Ranevskaya. For ten points, name this Russian author of The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard.
One of this man's short stories describes a bet between two men about whether one can spend 15 years in solitary confinement, and in one of his plays, a pistol is fired at Serebryakov from close range by the title character.