place
the island of "Good Hope"
Good Hope
also: остров "Доброй Надежды"
The name given by the estate's circle to a small wooded peninsula on the river, formed where it bends sharply, where the name-day party takes its outdoor tea.
Reading notes
- The Name-Day Party §144 the island of "Good Hope"
A small wooded river peninsula named, evidently by the local gentry circle itself, after the Cape of Good Hope -- one of the story's small ironies, since the island's cheerful, hopeful name sits over a day that in fact turns toward catastrophe.