Shards of Moscow life. The feuilleton cycle about Moscow. Chekhov A.P.

The attention of readers is proposed to the book of the great Russian writer and playwright A.P. Chekhov, containing a cycle of short notes and feuilleton, written for the magazine "Fragments" in 1883-1885. In this cycle, containing a humorous chronicle of city news, many disadvantages of Moscow’s public life were reflected. In the book, you can find responses to the theatrical and literary life of Russia, criticism of judicial and railway orders, primitive entertainment of Moscow inhabitants and visiting merchants, exposure of the crooking fraud of insurance societies, etc. Much attention was paid to the newspaper and journal life of Moscow; The author makes fun of the newspaper, mocks the dealers and adventurers acting as editors. Some sketches of A.P. Chekhov later served as material for his best works.

Despite the fact that the book was written a very long time, many thoughts and observations of the author are striking in the present time. Therefore, the book will be interesting not only to literary scholars and historians, but also by the widest circle of readers.