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Mignon (Shcheglov)
Mignon
also: Миньона
A play or story by Ivan Shcheglov, in progress at the time of this letter; Chekhov asks after its completion here and praises it warmly in several letters through 1888.
Reading notes
- I. L. Leontyev (Shcheglov), Between 16 and 20 December 1887. Moscow. §9 Mignon
A play or story by Shcheglov then in progress; Chekhov asks after its completion here and goes on to praise it warmly in several 1888 letters.
- To I. L. Leontyev, 1 January 1888. Moscow. §8 "Mignon" is a delight
Shcheglov's play, which Chekhov praises warmly here and in several other 1888 letters; he goes on in section 16 to encourage Shcheglov toward a full-length drama on the strength of it.
- To I. L. Leontyev, 22 January 1888. Moscow. §5 "Mignon"
Shcheglov's story, the subject of Chekhov's extended craft critique in this section; he had praised it warmly in earlier letters and here offers the more detailed, "tragic" (i.e. writer-to-writer) notes he had promised.