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The Little Young Lady
"The Little Young Lady"
also: Маленькая барышня, Malenkaya baryshnya
A story by Ye. M. Shavrova that Chekhov singles out for praise among a batch of her manuscripts, though he holds it back from Suvorin's paper pending a chance to discuss it with her in person.
Reading notes
- To Ye. M. Shavrova, 2 September 1891. Bogimovo. §4 The Little Young Lady
"Маленькая барышня" ("The Little Young Lady"), one of the stories Shavrova had submitted to Chekhov for review; he singles it out here for praise but withholds it from Suvorin's paper until he can discuss it with her in person.
- To M. P. Chekhova, 3 February 1892. Voronezh. §3 the manuscript of Shavrova's "The Little Young Lady,"
The same Shavrova story Chekhov had flagged as "undoubtedly fit for print" in his letter to her of 19 November 1891 (no. 7 in his nine-title inventory). Here, some two and a half months later, he has his sister retrieve the physical manuscript from his study and return it to the author -- a small logistical coda to that earlier editorial verdict.
- To Ye. M. Shavrova, 22 February 1892. Moscow. §5 The matter of "The Little Young Lady" has been given its proper legal course
"Делу... дан законный ход" -- literally "the matter has been given lawful course/procedure," i.e. set in proper motion through whatever official or editorial channel applies. "The Little Young Lady" is the Shavrova story Chekhov praised and held back from Suvorin's paper pending discussion with her. The precise nature of the "legal course" referred to here -- censorship clearance, a publication contract, or some other formality -- is not specified in the letter and is left unresolved rather than conjectured.