person
Viktor Pavlovich Gayevsky
Gayevsky
also: Гаевский
Probable-not-certain identification: Viktor Pavlovich Gayevsky (1826-1888), Russian literary historian, critic, and archivist known for editing and publishing writers' posthumous papers and correspondence; invoked here (\S9) as a byword, "à la Gayevsky," for the practice of sealing private letters for delayed posthumous publication. Not otherwise identified or cross-referenced in this letter; the identification rests on Gayevsky's period reputation as an archivist of writers' letters rather than on any explicit biographical detail in the text itself, so it is flagged as probable rather than certain.
Reading notes
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 14 May 1889. Sumy. §9 à la Gayevsky
Probable-not-certain identification with Viktor Pavlovich Gayevsky, a literary historian and archivist noted for editing writers' posthumous papers, invoked here as a byword for the practice of sealing private letters for delayed publication. Newly catalogued in this pass; not otherwise attested elsewhere in this corpus, so flagged as probable rather than certain.