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Шальные пули (Stray Bullets)
Stray Bullets
also: Шальных пуль, Stray Bullets
A story or piece Chekhov names unfavorably as a point of comparison, ranking Kiseleva's "Agnia" above it ("worth a thousand 'Stray Bullets'"); its author and provenance are not otherwise identified in the corpus as currently built. Chekhov turns the title back on itself in the same letter's closing joke about a "stray bullet" as a mock cure for toothache and love.
Reading notes
- To M. V. Kiseleva, 7–8 July 1887. Babkino. §2 "Stray Bullets"
A rival piece Chekhov names unfavorably to rank "Agnia" above it; not otherwise identified in the corpus as currently built. He circles back to the title as a pun in the letter's closing joke about a literal "stray bullet" as a cure for toothache and love.