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Nevesty (The Brides)
"The Brides"
also: Невесты
A working title Shavrova had proposed for the story under review in this letter; Chekhov rejects it as unfit ("will not do") and mentions having come up with an alternative title of his own, also imperfect but better than hers.
Reading notes
- To Ye. M. Shavrova, 11 January 1891. Petersburg. §5 The Brides
"Невесты" ("The Brides"), the title Shavrova had proposed for the story Chekhov is reviewing here; he rejects it outright and reports having devised an alternative, which he admits is also imperfect but calls better than hers.