person
Ivan Pavlovich Kazansky
Kazansky
also: Иван Павлович Казанский
A young student acquaintance of Suvorin's household, mentioned only in passing as Chekhov asks whether he has called -- affectionately teased as "inducing melancholy with his pressed trousers," a joke about his prim, overly turned-out appearance.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 27 June 1890. Blagoveshchensk. §12 the young student who induces melancholy with his pressed trousers
An affectionate joke at a minor acquaintance's expense -- "pressed trousers" (выглаженные панталоны) standing in for an overly prim, fussy turnout, the kind of small social tease Chekhov often folds into personal postscripts to Suvorin.