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The Dragonfly (Strekoza)
The Dragonfly
also: Стрекоза
A St. Petersburg humor magazine of the period (where Chekhov himself published early work); Yegorov reads aloud from it a squib mocking Caucasian 'princes,' needling Princess Mikshadze's pride in her rank.
Reading notes
- To P. A. Sergeyenko, 17 December 1884. Moscow. §5 The Dragonfly
Strekoza ("The Dragonfly"), the St. Petersburg humor weekly to which the young Chekhov was submitting comic stories under pseudonyms in the mid-1880s.
- The Green Braid §15 The Dragonfly
Strekoza, a St. Petersburg humor weekly of the period (where the young Chekhov himself published early sketches) -- Yegorov reads from it a squib mocking Caucasian 'princes,' a pointed jab at the princess's pride in rank.