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Luch
also: Луч, Ray
A Russian periodical whose name ('Ray') continues Chekhov's roll call of light-themed press titles.
Reading notes
- The Case of the Year 1884 (From Our Correspondent) §6 The Ray
A minor St. Petersburg satirical weekly edited by Stanislav Okreits.
- Thoughts of a Reader of Newspapers and Journals §2 Luch
Luch ("Ray"), another period Russian periodical carrying a light-themed name.
- Forgiveness §13 Ray
Luch ('The Ray'), Okreits's satirical weekly, jabbed here for being too mild in its satire.
- In the Railway Carriage §29 The Ray -- articles on the Jewish question
The fifth vignette's punchline: grand talk of fame, large sums, and a fellowship with Nekrasov collapses into hackwork for a minor periodical on a stock, unglamorous newspaper topic of the day.
- Visiting Cards §10 Редактор журнала "Луч"
Luch ("The Ray"), a real minor St. Petersburg satirical weekly edited by Stanislav Okreits, a recurring target of Chekhov's own early feuilletons for the feebleness of its humor and its editor's reactionary, antisemitic journalism.