person
Levinsky
also: Левинский
Publisher of a humor magazine who, Chekhov notes with wry admiration, holds sixteen government posts at once while still writing openly for the press -- cited as proof that a civil servant need not hide the fact of his authorship.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 19–20 February 1887. Moscow. §3 so literary a man as Levinsky
Levinsky, a Moscow press figure associated with Budilnik's editorial circle; Chekhov's remark is sarcastic, doubting that Alexander -- whom he needles as talentless -- could meet Levinsky's standards.
- To N. A. Leikin, 7 October 1887. Moscow. §5 Levinsky
Levinsky, publisher associated with Budilnik; Chekhov refuses to solicit a favor from him, treating the idea as tantamount to inviting betrayal (\"a knife in the back\").