work
Woman (Ezhov)
also: Женщина, Zhenshchina
A story by Nikolai Mikhailovich Yezhov that Chekhov praises to him directly as "a splendid story," read with great pleasure and reportedly well received by others too; not otherwise identified or traceable in the corpus beyond this letter.
Reading notes
- To N. M. Yezhov, 2 January 1892. Petersburg. §7 Your "Woman" is a splendid story. I read it with great pleasure. And everyone else praises it too.
Warm, unqualified praise for a named Yezhov story, in contrast to the more double-edged assessments of Yezhov's work and character found elsewhere in the corpus (cf. \S8, 'a decent and sensible fellow, but he has to be kept on a rein'). The story is not otherwise traceable in the corpus beyond this letter.