person
Prince Vladimir Meshchersky
Prince Meshchersky
also: князь Мещерский, Мещерский
Reactionary Russian journalist and publisher of the newspaper Grazhdanin ('The Citizen'), a recurring satirical target of the young Chekhov for his self-important activity and hollow productivity.
Reading notes
- Philosophical Definitions of Life §5 Prince Meshchersky
Prince Vladimir Meshchersky, the reactionary journalist and publisher of the newspaper Grazhdanin ('The Citizen'), a favorite target of young Chekhov's satire for his self-important bustle and barren productivity.
- Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia) §640 A Conversation of Our Own Correspondent with Prince Meshchersky
A satirical fictional interview lampooning the real reactionary publisher Prince Meshchersky (editor of Grazhdanin), portraying him scheming to buy himself subscribers and public regard through bribery and manufactured controversy.
- Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia) §668 I... shall take up midwifery
The prince's absurd fallback plan (from statesman-editor to midwife) closes the sketch with a bawdy joke about his character's real appetites.
- The Flying Islands, by Jules Verne, Translated by A. Chekhonte §67 Prince Meshchersky
Prince Vladimir Meshchersky, reactionary journalist and publisher of the newspaper Grazhdanin ('The Citizen'), a favorite satirical target of the young Chekhov; here his collected works turn up, absurdly, on an uninhabited flying island, mocking their supposed omnipresence and worthlessness.
- On June and July §31 Prince Meshchersky
Reactionary journalist and publisher of Grazhdanin ("The Citizen"), a recurring satirical target of the young Chekhov, mocked here for churning out turgid "memoranda" in the July heat.
- The Mysteries of One Hundred and Forty-Four Catastrophes §42 Prince Meshchersky
Prince Vladimir Meshchersky, the real reactionary journalist and publisher of Grazhdanin, here comically demoted to a fortune-teller with cards and coffee grounds -- a recurring satirical target of the young Chekhov.
- If You Chase Two Hares, You Won't Catch Either §56 Meshchersky
Prince Vladimir Meshchersky, a conservative journalist and minor novelist of the period, listed among the improbable mix of authors the schoolgirl claims to have read.