concept
Shut (The Jester)
The Jester
also: Шут
A real Petersburg satirical weekly of Chekhov's own era, named by a character as the publication his witty brother contributes to -- part of the same cheap-comic-paper world Chekhov himself wrote for early in his career.
Reading notes
- A Nasty Story §27 в "Шуте"
"Shut" (The Jester) was a real Petersburg satirical weekly of the period, of the same cheap-comic-paper world Chekhov himself wrote for early in his career -- Nogtev's boast about his brother's literary connections gives an authentic period detail to an otherwise absurd character.
- The Mysteries of One Hundred and Forty-Four Catastrophes §29 The Jester
Shut, a real Petersburg satirical weekly of Chekhov's own era, part of the same world of cheap comic papers Chekhov wrote for early in his career.