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Elena Gavrilovna

Lelya

also: Leлya, Lelya

Salyutov's bride, a small, pretty young woman of noble, wealthy family who, rather than being scandalized by her husband's confession that he was once a circus clown, is delighted and begs him to perform tricks.

Reading notes

Mentioned in 7 works (50 mentions)

Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia) Juvenilia · 1 mention
A Nasty Story Stories · 34 mentions
A Woman Without Prejudices Stories · 10 mentions
My "She" Stories · 1 mention
To the Chekhovs, 7 April 1887. Taganrog. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 10 October 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
The Cripple Stories · 2 mentions

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