place
Singapore
also: Сингапур
Invoked by Chekhov as the emblem of an exotic, care-free escape -- the imagined destination of a round-the-world voyage he daydreams Leikin might take instead of editing "Oskolki."
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 11 August 1887. Babkino. §12 Singapore
Invoked as the emblem of a carefree, exotic escape -- the imagined destination of the round-the-world voyage Chekhov daydreams Leikin might take instead of continuing to edit "Oskolki."