In the Cart
| "In the Cart" | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
| Original title | "На подводе" |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Published in | Russkiye Vedomosti (1897) |
| Publisher | Adolf Marks (1901) |
| Publication date | December 1897 |
"In the Cart" (Russian: На подводе) is a 1897 short story by Anton Chekhov, also translated as "The Schoolmistress".
Publication
The story, written in Nice, France, in November 1897, was first published in the No. 352, 21 December 1897 issue of the Russkiye Vedomosti newspaper. In a slightly revised version it made its way into the 1898 (second) edition of a charitable compilation called Brotherly Help for the Armenians Who Suffered in Turkey (Братская помощь постадавшим в Турции армянам).
With still more minor cuts, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of his Collected Works published by Adolf Marks in 1899-1901.[1]
Reception
Leo Tolstoy on 21 December 1897 left a short note on the story in his diary: "In terms of artfulness, superb, but he becomes didactic when trying to give meaning to it".[2]
References
- ↑ Rodionova, V.M. Commentaries to На подводе. The Works by A.P. Chekhov in 12 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. Moscow, 1960. Vol. 8, pp. 532-533
- ↑ "Превосходно по изобразительности, но риторика, как только он хочет придать смысл рассказу". Л.Н. Толстой. Полное собрание сочинений. Т. 53, Москва, 1953, стр. 172
External links
- На подводе, the original Russian text
- In the Cart, the English translation by Constance Garnett
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