work
Dnevnik provintsiala v Peterburge (Diary of a Provincial in Petersburg)
Diary of a Provincial
also: Дневник провинциала, Дневник провинциала в Петербурге, Diary of a Provincial
A satirical work by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, which Chekhov reports reading in this letter, judging it long and tedious yet true to life.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 30 November 1891. Moscow. §10 I am reading Shchedrin's "Diary of a Provincial."
\textit{Дневник провинциала в Петербурге} ("Diary of a Provincial in Petersburg"), a satirical work by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin; Chekhov's verdict -- long and tedious, yet true to life -- is typical of his clipped, unsentimental style of literary judgment, holding formal criticism and genuine respect for verisimilitude in the same breath.