work
Istoriya noveishei literatury (History of Recent Literature)
"History of Recent Literature"
also: История новейшей литературы, History of Recent Literature
A survey of contemporary Russian literature by the critic Alexander Skabichevsky; Chekhov reports it fell into his hands, that he read a little of it and dropped it, unimpressed.
Reading notes
- To F. A. Chervinsky, 2 July 1891. Bogimovo. §4 His "History of Recent Literature"
Alexander Skabichevsky's "Istoriya noveishei literatury" ("History of Recent Literature,"), a survey of contemporary Russian letters by the critic Skabichevsky; Chekhov says he read only a little before dropping it, unimpressed.