place
Lisbon
also: Лиссабон
The capital of Portugal, the setting for Chekhov's parody of a florid foreign romance-novel, populated entirely by invented Portuguese artists and their put-upon wives.
Reading notes
- The Only Remedy §20 Lisbon wine
A sweet fortified wine associated with Lisbon, imported into Russia as a luxury item; Ivan Petrovich's fastidious refusal of it comically signals his acquired taste for finer vintages.
- Artists' Wives §2 Lisbon
The capital of Portugal; Chekhov sets this parody of a florid foreign romance-novel entirely among a fictional Portuguese artistic colony, none of whom he ever visited.