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First-Form Schoolboy

Name: Chekhov Entire
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

first-form schoolboy

also: гимназист первого класса

A pupil in the lowest class of the Russian gymnasium (secondary school), marking a character as among the youngest and least regarded in a gathering.

Reading notes

Rogues Despite Themselves §7 first-form schoolboy
The lowest class of the Russian gymnasium (secondary school), marking Kolya as the youngest child present, still too small to be taken seriously by the adults and older cousins.

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