person
Auntie (unnamed, dying, autumn 1891)
Auntie
also: тетка, Auntie
An unnamed aunt in Chekhov's extended family reported here, in a single terse sentence, to be dying; mentioned in no other located Chekhov correspondence of this stretch and not further identified by the source. Distinct from the earlier Sumy/Luka-period "Auntie" and from the Moscow-household "Aunt F." tracked from a different, non-adjacent letter -- nothing in this letter ties the figure to either.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 13 October 1891. Moscow. §14 My aunt is dying
A single unadorned sentence, characteristic of Chekhov's letters, dropped between practical business items without further comment; the source does not name this aunt or say more about her elsewhere in the located correspondence of this period.
- To N. M. Lintvareva, 25 October 1891. Moscow. §3 my aunt's illness -- she died today
The same unnamed aunt reported as dying in the terse single sentence "Тетка умирает" ("My aunt is dying") in Chekhov's letter to Suvorin of 13 October; this letter, twelve days later, reports her death as having occurred that same day, and returns to her memory at greater length in \S10 below.