concept
"Happiness"
also: Счастье
Chekhov's 1887 story, which he considered the best of all his stories and asked Polonsky's permission to dedicate to him in a forthcoming collection; depicts a steppe plain at night, a pale dawn, a flock of sheep, and three human figures discoursing on happiness.
Reading notes
- To Ya. P. Polonsky, 25 March 1888. Moscow. §4 "Happiness"
Chekhov's 1887 story, which he calls the best of all his stories, here the subject of his request to dedicate it to Polonsky in a forthcoming collection; it depicts a steppe plain at night with a flock of sheep and three figures discoursing on happiness.