person
Nadenka N.
Nadenka
also: Наденька N, институтка Наденька N
A fictitious institutka (boarding-school pupil) whose comically error-riddled summer schoolwork -- including a plagiarized nature description and a butchered arithmetic problem -- forms the story's unrelated second half.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 25 December 1882. Moscow. §11 Nadenka
A young woman of the Chekhovs' social circle, mentioned here only in passing at the New Year gathering, dressed up in gloves for the occasion.
- If You Chase Two Hares, You Won't Catch Either §40 Nadenka N., boarding-school girl
The fictitious institutka (boarding-school pupil) whose comically error-riddled schoolwork forms the story's second, unrelated half -- a favorite Chekhov device of appending a satirical set-piece.