proposal_0901_librivox Anton Chekhov audio librivoxaudio audio_bookspoetry opensource_audio <a href="http://librivox.org/" rel="nofollow">LibriVox</a> recording of The Proposal, by Anton Chekhov, translated by Julius West. The Proposal is a one act comic farce by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a means of economic stability for most people. They married to gain wealth and possessions. In this play, the concept of marriage is being satirized to show the real purpose of marriage - materialistic gain rather than true love. (Summary with reference to Wikipedia) <strong>Characters:</strong> Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov - read by <a href="http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=3387" rel="nofollow">John Eddings</a> Natalya Stepanovna - read by <a href="http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=2607" rel="nofollow">Ruth Golding</a> Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov - read by <a href="http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=2986" rel="nofollow">Simon Larois</a> Stage directions - read by <a href="http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=2297" rel="nofollow">Philippa</a> Audio edited by Ruth Golding For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit <a href="http://librivox.org/" rel="nofollow">LibriVox.org</a>. 2009-01-03 2009 Play; comedy; satire; farce; Librivox; literature; audiobook http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 2009-01-04 00:38:20 info@librivox.org librivoxbooks librivoxbooks librivoxbooks librivoxbooks 2009-01-04 00:46:27 2009-01-04 00:48:59 2009-01-04 00:50:59 2009-01-04 01:02:06 LibriVox Librivox recording of a public-domain text 2009-01-04 01:04:16 librivoxbooks