Comments on: Chekhov and Tolstoy

By: Zoltan

Zoltan — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:43:48 +0000

I find this deeply moving. Any idea which year the photograph was taken?

By: Lily Martinez

Lily Martinez — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:22:14 +0000

This is really neat. I had also never seent his one until now. Thanks!

By: john eckert

john eckert — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:38:14 +0000

maybe you can help me. there is a short story by chekov about kids going down a hill on a snowsled and one of the kids keeps hearing “i love you” but doesn’t know if it’s the kid whispering or the wind. do you know this story. i read it decades ago but haven’t been able to find it since. thanks

jb says: Could be this one:
http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/joke.htm

By: johnfallon

johnfallon — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:01:01 +0000

another fact is that both chekhov and keats were doctors, both of them had consumption(keat’s red spot on his pillow one morning AC’s call for a assistance one evening at the hermitage restaurant) chekhov was with suvorin at the time, keats companion was called severn.

By: Dolores

Dolores — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:08:08 +0000

Is Chekhov wearing a monocle in the photograph? I was recently given an etching of Tolstoy and Chekhov “convalescing near Yalta” They are sitting under some trees at a small table and Tolstoy is drinking tea. In this etching Chekhov is wearing glasses. Unfortunately, there is a defect of a line that goes from Checkhov’s left eye to his shirt. I did a double-take when I saw the photo of Chekhov with the line down his face, but I looked more closely and of course it’s not a defect.

Thanks for showing the photo.

jb says: Hi Dolores. Yes, it’s a monocle. Used to be more popular than they are at present. Fritz Lange used to wear one, and so did Karl Marx, Radclyffe Hall, and of course, Colonel Mustard.

By: Jim Murdoch

Jim Murdoch — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:41:37 +0000

So when did he meet Walt Whitman?

jb says: Haha. Tolstoy the groupie.