person
Sasha Selivanova
also: Саша Селиванова, Sasha Selivanova
A family acquaintance Chekhov unexpectedly ran into in Slavyansk on his way back from a southern trip in 1887; contrary to rumors relayed to him and his mother, she had not married, and Chekhov reports her cheerful and working as a teacher at a factory school.
Reading notes
- To G. M. Chekhov, 23 June 1887. Babkino. §10 Sasha Selivanova
An unexpected reunion on Chekhov's return trip; he corrects rumors he and his mother had heard about her, reporting instead that she is unmarried, cheerful, and working as a teacher at a factory school -- a period-typical post for an educated single woman.
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 25 December 1887. Moscow. §9 Sasha Selivanova
A family acquaintance previously mentioned as a schoolteacher Chekhov ran into that year; here visiting the Chekhov household in Moscow over the holidays.
- To A. L. Selivanova, 6 February 1888. Moscow. §3 fellow-countrywoman
Sasha (A. L.) Selivanova, a family acquaintance from the Taganrog circle whom Chekhov had unexpectedly run into in Slavyansk in 1887, where she worked as a schoolteacher; here he addresses her as "землячка," a fellow native of the Taganrog/south-Russian region.