person
Marfa Kharitonovna Rylindronova
Rylindronova
also: Марфа Харитоновна Рылиндронова, Marfa Kharitonovna Rylindronova
A grandiloquently-named editress of the (evidently minor or invented-sounding) magazine "Rodnik" ("The Wellspring") who writes Chekhov an effusive fan letter; Chekhov reports the letter is "so sweet one could eat it instead of honey" and jokes about visiting her circle of admirers in Petersburg -- comic exaggeration rather than a documented literary acquaintance.
Reading notes
- To M. V. Kiseleva, 7 November 1887. Moscow. §5 editress of "The Wellspring"
Marfa Kharitonovna Rylindronova and her magazine "Rodnik" ("The Wellspring") are not otherwise documented; the name's mock-elaborate ring and the letter's sarcastic tone suggest Chekhov is needling a real but minor fan letter rather than reporting a significant literary connection.
- To M. V. Kiseleva, 3 February 1888. Moscow. §5 "Rylindrok"
Chekhov mangles the name of Marfa Kharitonovna Rylindronova, the grandiloquently-named editress associated with "Rodnik", into a mock-title for the unnamed publication -- treating a person's name as though it were the venue itself, part of the letter's exaggerated show of injury.