person
David
also: Давид
The biblical shepherd anointed by the prophet Samuel and later King of Israel, invoked here as the figure Leskov casts the young Chekhov as in his tipsy prophetic blessing.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 15–28 October 1883. Moscow. §11 David
The Israelite shepherd anointed by Samuel and later King of Israel, invoked here as the object of Leskov's tipsy blessing over the young Chekhov.