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Ogonyok
also: Огонёк, Little Flame, Little Light
An illustrated Russian weekly magazine; its name ("little flame") lets Chekhov continue the fire wordplay begun with the story's Promethean opening.
Reading notes
- My Jubilee §2 Little Flame
Ogonyok ("Little Flame" or "Little Light"), an illustrated weekly; the narrator jokes about "scorching" postage on it, continuing the fire wordplay begun with Prometheus.
- Thoughts of a Reader of Newspapers and Journals §2 Ogonyok
Ogonyok ("Little Flame"), an illustrated Russian weekly magazine.