Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 
Ivanoff: A Play 

Ivanov is a four-act drama by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. A government official concerned with peasant affairs, Chekhov paints him as the quintessentially melancholy Russian from the upper social strata. Severely afflicted by internal conflicts; his loss of appetite for life, love of his wife, and external pressures; managing his estate and his debts, collide in a melodramatic climax.