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Laziness

also: Лень

Personified throughout the sketch as an inescapable, seductive, ruinous "she" -- a mock-lover who dominates the narrator's life -- before the closing line reveals her name is simply Лень (Laziness).

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Mentioned in 68 works (80 mentions)

Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia) Juvenilia · 1 mention
A Woman's Revenge Stories · 1 mention
To A. N. Kanayev, 26 March 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, 13 May 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 26 May 1883. Voskresensk. letter · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 3 August 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, 15–28 October 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 25 December 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
A Chip Off the Old Block Stories · 1 mention
The Kulachye's Nest Stories · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 11 August 1884. Voskresensk. letter · 1 mention
To P. A. Sergeyenko, 17 December 1884. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
Grief Stories · 1 mention
My "She" Stories · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 22 March 1885. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 17 July 1885. Babkino. letter · 1 mention
A Guide for Those Wishing to Marry. (Secret) Stories · 1 mention
Agafya Stories · 1 mention
On the Road Stories · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, 6 April 1886. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 27 May 1886. Babkino. letter · 2 mentions
A Story Without an End Stories · 1 mention
The Boredom of Life Stories · 1 mention
Expensive Lessons Stories · 1 mention
Ivanov Plays · 1 mention
Obscure People Stories · 3 mentions
The Father Stories · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 12 January 1887. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To the Chekhovs, 7 April 1887. Taganrog. letter · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, August 1887. Babkino. letter · 1 mention
Too Early! Stories · 1 mention
Verochka Stories · 1 mention
The Duel Stories · 2 mentions
Lights Stories · 3 mentions
To Al. P. Chekhov, 15 February 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To I. L. Leontyev, 4 April 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To K. S. Barantsevich, 14 April 1888. Moscow. letter · 2 mentions
To the Chekhovs, 23 July 1888. Feodosia. letter · 1 mention
To I. L. Leontyev, 14 August 1888. Sumy. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 18 October 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 25 October 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 3 November 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, 6 November 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 8 November 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 19 December 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To D. V. Grigorovich, 24 December 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 30 December 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
A Dreary Story Stories · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 4 February 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 6 February 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To V. A. Tikhonov, 10 February 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To I. L. Leontyev, 11 March 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 4 May 1889. Sumy. letter · 1 mention
To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 14 May 1889. Sumy. letter · 1 mention
To I. P. Chekhov, 16 July 1889. Parokhod "Olga". letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 13 October 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To V. A. Tikhonov, 11 November 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 20 December 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
From Siberia Nonfiction · 1 mention
To A. S. Lazarev, 13 March 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 9 December 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 24 December 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 20 October 1891. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
The Teacher of Literature Stories · 1 mention
My Life: A Provincial's Story Stories · 2 mentions
Sakhalin Island Nonfiction · 4 mentions
Uncle Vanya Plays · 2 mentions
Three Sisters Plays · 1 mention

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