A Doctor's Visit
| "A Doctor's Visit" | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
| Original title | "Случай из практики" |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Published in | Russkaya Mysl (1898) |
| Publisher | Adolf Marks (190) |
| Publication date | August 1898 |
"A Doctor's Visit" (Russian: Случай из практики) is a 1898 short story by Anton Chekhov, also translated as "A Case History".
Publication
The story was written in Yalta and had been completed by 11 November 1898. It was on this day that he informed his doctor friend I.I. Orlov in a letter: "By way of dealing with rain and bad weather sat down and wrote a whole story." On 14 November "A Doctor's Visit" was sent to Russkaya Mysl and was published i this magazine's No.12, December 1898 issue. With some minor edits Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of the 1899-1901, first edition the Collected Works by A.P. Chekhov, published by Adolf Marks.[1]
Reception
The story was lauded by Ivan Gorbunov-Posadov (in a private, 24 January 1899 letter), Alexander Skabichevsky in Syn Otechestva[2] and Angel Bogdanovich in Mir Bozhy,[3] the latter two concentrating on the 'informative' side of the narrative.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rodionova, V.M. Commentaries to Случай из практики. The Works by A.P. Chekhov in 12 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. Moscow, 1960. Vol. 8, pp. 543-544
- ↑ Сын Отечества, 1898, №350, 25 декабря
- ↑ Мир божий, 1899, №2, февраль
External links
- Случай из практики, the original Russian text
- A Doctor's Visit, the English translation
