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Irina's Longing for Work

from Three Sisters

Written by Anton Chekhov

A optimistic, yearning, determined Irina's monologue from "Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov. Genre: drama.

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IRINA

Tell me, why is it I’m so happy today? Just as if I were sailing along in a boat with big white sails, and above me the wide, blue sky and in the sky great white birds floating around?

You know, when I woke up this morning, and after I’d got up and washed, I suddenly felt as if everything in the world had become clear to me, and I knew the way I ought to…

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