Rayfield and Chekhov

[Wladimir Shatsev]

Dear colleagues,  

I would appreciate very much if somebody can help me with information on the quotation from Donald Rayfield’s “Anton Chekhov : A Life”.  The quotation is : “  Anton’s other work was a trilogy of short stories , published in   Russian Thought    in July and August 1898.  Friends roaming the countryside each narrate a life ruined by moral cowardice. “Gooseberries” is about ruthless determination to acquire an estate on which he can grow his own gooseberries, however sour. “The Man in the Case” is about a school teacher of Gogolian grotesquerie. The last story, “About Love”  ,  is the most moving: a  miller   tells of his hopeless love for his best friend’s wife. The first two stories became  classics instantly, for their morality is unambiguous. “Gooseberries” is against avarice, “The Man in the Case” is against false witness”( Rayfield D.   Anton Chekhov : A Life . London. 1998. P.460).  These words  were accurately translated from English into Russian    by  O.Makarova in the edition of  2006. In the Russian republication of Rayfield’s books(2007)  the word  “miller “ was substituted to “помещик “ . The sentences « “Gooseberries” is against avarice, “The Man in the Case” is against false witness”» were omitted .Leaving aside the real value of Rayfield’s interpretation I would like to ask the question: was it the author or the translator who made this improvements?Could anyone look it up in the VERY LAST  edition of Rayfield’s book ( the part: May –Sepember 1898)in English which is unavailable in St.Petersburg, Russia where I am living now  and inform me what the  lines are look like now ?  
Thanks in advance, Vladimir Shatsev.  






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