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Ecclesiastes
also: Экклезиаст, Book of Ecclesiastes
Book of Hebrew wisdom literature traditionally attributed to King Solomon; Chekhov offers Suvorin the personal literary opinion, not advanced as scholarly fact, that Ecclesiastes gave Goethe the idea for "Faust".
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 4 May 1889. Sumy. §6 "Ecclesiastes" gave Goethe the idea for
writing "Faust."
"Экклезиаст"; Chekhov's claim that Ecclesiastes suggested Goethe's "Faust" is offered as his own literary opinion, not a scholarly claim requiring correction in translation.