person
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
also: Поэ, E. Poe, Э. По, Э. Поэ
American author (1809-1849) whose Russian-translated "Extraordinary Tales" (Neobyknovennye rasskazy) Chekhov cites as a physical-production benchmark -- trim size and typeface -- for his own forthcoming story collection "In the Twilight."
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 19 March 1887. Moscow. §11 Poe's "Extraordinary Tales"
A Russian edition of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, used here purely as a physical-production benchmark: Chekhov wants the new book to match its trim size and typeface.