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Louis XIV of France

Name: Chekhov Entire
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Louis XIV

also: Людовик XIV, Louis the Fourteenth

King of France, the archetype of absolutist monarchical splendor, invoked here plural and comic for Moscow lawyers' supposed opulence.

Reading notes

To S. Kramayev, 8 May 1881. Moscow. §9 Louis the Fourteenths
Louis XIV of France, the archetype of opulent monarchy; invoked here, plural, for comic exaggeration of how well Moscow's lawyers supposedly live.

To S. Kramayev, 8 May 1881. Moscow. letter · 1 mention