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Letters of Anton Chekhov (Tchekhov) - Penn State University

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<strong>Anton</strong> <strong>Chekhov</strong>January, later.I am alive and well, I have no palpitations, I’ve no money either,and everything is going well.I am paying visits and seeing acquaintances. I have to talk aboutSahalin and India. It’s horribly boring.… Anna Ivanovna is as nice as ever, Suvorin talks as incessantly asever.I receive the most boring invitations to the most boring dinners.It seems I must make haste and get back to Moscow, as they won’tlet me work here.Hurrah, we are avenged! To make up for our being so bored, thecotton ball has yielded 1,500 roubles clear pr<strong>of</strong>it, in confirmation<strong>of</strong> which I enclose a cutting from a newspaper.If anything is collected for the benefit <strong>of</strong> the Sahalin schools, letme know at once.How is my mongoose? Don’t forget to give him food and drink,and beat him without mercy when he jumps on the table. Does heeat people?*Write how Ivan is ….*A naive question asked by a lady <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chekhov</strong>’s acquaintance.211

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