place

Shanghai

also: Шанхае

The Chinese port city, invoked here for its remoteness as the site of a vague comic "decline of morals."

Reading notes

The Alarm Clock's Calendar §35 Shanghai
Invoked purely for exotic remoteness -- the site of an unspecified comic "decline of morals."

The Alarm Clock's Calendar Stories · 1 mention

To I. L. Leontyev, 16 March 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

To M. I. Chaykovsky, 16 March 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

To A. S. Suvorin, 11 September 1890. Tatarsky proliv, parokhod "Baykal". letter · 1 mention

To Ye. Ya. Chekhova, 6 October 1890. Post Korsakovsky. letter · 1 mention