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Charlotte
also: Шарлотта
A character in Paul Bourget's novel "Le Disciple" (1889); Chekhov singles out the chapter where she "comes to give herself" (приходит отдаться) as splendidly done and genuinely moving, in contrast to his objections to the novel's courtroom ending. Fictional, not a real person.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 14 May 1889. Sumy. §8 The chapter where Charlotte
comes to give herself is splendidly done and is moving.
Charlotte, a character in Bourget's "Le Disciple," mentioned in the headnote as "not otherwise cross-referenced by full name in this corpus as consulted so far"; a newly created entity for this seduction/surrender scene which Chekhov singles out as genuinely affecting, in contrast to his objections to the novel's courtroom ending.