Anna Monologue from Ivanoff: A Play

From Ivanoff: A Play by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

female · melancholic · 1:06 min

Oh, you are sad, are you? I can understand that! Nicholas, let me tell you something: won't you try to sing and laugh and scold as you used to? Stay here, and we will drink some liqueur together, and laugh, and chase away this sadness of yours in no time. Shall I sing to you? Or shall we sit in your study in the twilight as we used to, while you tell me about your sadness? I can read such suffering in your eyes! Let me look into them and weep, and our hearts will both be lighter. (She laughs and cries at once) Or is it really true that the flowers return with every spring, but lost happiness never returns? Oh, is it? Well, go then, go! (IVANOFF: Pray for me, Annie! No, I can't do it.) Yes, go, go-- (Sits down at the table.)

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