Chapter I · Chapter 1

later than; following

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

how long something has existed

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

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From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

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From this reading BORIS ANDREYEVICH VOGAU (Boris Pilniak, pseud.)

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

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From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

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From this reading BORIS ANDREYEVICH VOGAU (Boris Pilniak, pseud.)

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

a period of 100 years

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

characteristic of the present

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

plural of “finish” — a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

set up or found

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

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From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

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From this reading BORIS ANDREYEVICH VOGAU (Boris Pilniak, pseud.)

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

From this reading BORIS ANDREYEVICH VOGAU (Boris Pilniak, pseud.)

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

a native or inhabitant of Russia

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

not in physical motion

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

required or under orders

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The English reading public knows next to nothing of contemporary Russian Literature.

in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

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From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

position 20 in a countable series of things

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

not known

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

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From this reading BORIS ANDREYEVICH VOGAU (Boris Pilniak, pseud.)

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

in the company of; together with

From this reading In the great age of the Russian Realistic Novel, which begins with Turgeniev and finishes with Chekhov, the English reader is tolerably at home.

(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

From this reading But what came after the death of Chekhov is still unknown or, what is worse, misrepresented.

plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Second and third- rate writers, like Merezhkovsky, Andreyev, and Artsybashev, have found their way into England and are still supposed to be the best Russian twentieth century fiction can offer.