person
Annushka
also: Аннушка
A maidservant in the household of Chekhov's brother Alexander in Petersburg, accused here (along with fellow servant Tanka) of having long been in the habit of stealing from the Chekhov family's own servants.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 24 October 1887. Moscow. §6 Annushka and Tanka
Maidservants in Alexander's Petersburg household, accused of a long-standing habit of pilfering from the Chekhov family's own servants; part of the letter's characteristic coarse, teasing register rather than a serious complaint.