本卷包含契诃夫经典名剧《万尼亚舅舅》《三姊妹》和《樱桃园》，按创作时间排序，并收录焦菊隐写于1943年的《<樱桃园>译后记》。这三个剧本，虽然故事不同，所表达的都是契诃夫始终关注的主题：他憎恶十九世纪末俄国社会随处可见的、只知道用一些不连贯的空谈，对"未来"的空想，以充实当下空虚没落偷懒的生活的灰色的人群，他同情勤苦劳动却被毁灭了幸福和希望的另一群人，他用抒情诗一般的结构和台词、背景描述，创造了现代戏剧的开端。(This volume contains Chekhov's three classic works sorted according to creation time: Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, and The Cherry Orchard Afterword by Jiao Juyin in 1943 is also included. The three plays, though different in their stories, center on what Chekhov is concerned about: he loathes those people in Russia at the end of 19th century who enriched their empty and lazy life with incoherent prattle and fantasy for future, and he sympathizes those people who worked hard but their happiness and hope were destroyed. He creates the beginning of more drama with lyrics-like structure, lines and background description.)