person
E. S. Garshina
Garshina
also: Е. С. Гаршина, Гаршик
Keeper of the Moscow bookshop (referred to familiarly as "Garshik's") from which Chekhov collected volumes of Polonsky's collected works in March 1888; a fellow countrywoman of Chekhov's from the same parts, with whom he sat talking for an hour, and who mistakenly wrapped up both the prose and verse volumes Polonsky had authorized him to take only the prose from.
Reading notes
- To Ya. P. Polonsky, 25 March 1888. Moscow. §3 Garshik's shop
E. S. Garshina, keeper of the Moscow bookshop familiarly called "Garshik's," a fellow countrywoman of Chekhov's who mistakenly wrapped up both the prose and verse volumes of Polonsky's collected works, though Chekhov had leave to take only the prose he lacked.