person
Suvorin's daughter
also: его дщери, суворинском индюшонке, his daughter, Suvorin's little turkey-hen
Aleksei Suvorin's young daughter, still a small child ("goes about on foot under the table"), whom Suvorin proposes in jest that Chekhov marry -- the letter's central comic conceit in sections 16-18.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 24 March 1888. Moscow. §16 his daughter
Suvorin's young daughter, described as still small enough to "go about on foot under the table" -- the butt of Suvorin's mock marriage proposal that runs through sections 16-18.
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 24 March 1888. Moscow. §18 Suvorin's little turkey-hen
A comic diminutive for Suvorin's small daughter, continuing the running joke of sections 16-18.