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"Karelin's Dream" ("Son Karelina")
Karelin's Dream
also: Сон Карелина, Son Karelina
A story by Dmitry Grigorovich depicting a dying man's fevered nightmare; Chekhov's close, admiring reading of its dream-physiology is the subject of this entire letter.
Reading notes
- To D. V. Grigorovich, 12 February 1887. Moscow. §4 "Karelin's Dream"
Grigorovich's recent story, depicting a dying man's fevered nightmare. This entire letter is Chekhov's close, admiring reading of it as a fellow craftsman, testing the story's dream-physiology against his own recollected dreams.