figure
Misha
also: Миша
Tolkachov's young son, mentioned only: castor oil, an autumn coat, and galoshes are on his father's errand list. Corresponds to "Misha", the same errand-list son in Chekhov's close source story "One of Many" (1887) -- a distinct fictional character from any other "Misha" elsewhere in the corpus (e.g. in the letters), not to be merged with them.
Reading notes
- A Tragedian in Spite of Himself §23 castor oil for Misha
Tolkachov's young son, mentioned only as the recipient of castor oil and, later in the same list, an autumn coat and galoshes. Corresponds to "Misha," the identical errand-list son in "One of Many" (1887); kept as a separate entity from any other "Misha" figure elsewhere in the corpus (e.g. any letters entity of that name), since they are unrelated fictional/real referents.