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Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky

Name: Chekhov Entire
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Zhukovsky

also: Жуковский

Russian Romantic poet and translator (1783-1852), paired with Karamzin by Chekhov as another byword for lachrymose, self-effacing sentimental style.

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To Al. P. Chekhov, 13 May 1883. Moscow. §4 Zhukovsky
Vasily Zhukovsky (1783-1852), the Romantic poet and translator paired with Karamzin here as another exemplar of lachrymose, self-effacing sentimental style.

To Al. P. Chekhov, 13 May 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention