To A. S. Suvorin, 15 November 1889. Moscow.
А. С. СУВОРИНУ, 15 ноября 1889 г. Москва.
Headnote
Letter to Alexei Sergeyevich Suvorin, dated 15 November 1889, Moscow. Suvorin (1834–1912) was Chekhov’s publisher, editor of the influential newspaper Novoye Vremya (New Time), and Chekhov’s closest correspondent through the late 1880s and 1890s. This is a short, informal business-and-friendship letter typical of their exchange: Chekhov delivers a blunt editorial verdict on a submitted manuscript, banters about his role as an unofficial reader for Suvorin’s press and bookshop, reports a minor purchase and a comic slight from a shop clerk, mentions a toothache and a chill from a house call (Chekhov was a practicing physician alongside his writing), and closes with greetings to Suvorin’s family.