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Arrivals Column
arrivals column
also: приезжие, newspaper arrivals notice
A standing newspaper feature listing notable visitors registered at a city's hotels -- nationality or estate, name, point of origin, address -- in bare telegraphic form. Chekhov's squib mimics its exact grammar to plant a single absurd detail inside it.
Reading notes
- Arrived in Moscow: §1 French subject
The standing phrase opening every entry in a newspaper arrivals column, naming the visitor's nationality or estate first. Chekhov's whole joke rides on this telegraphic, no-verb formula.
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