Note 20 — THE REGION OF DEAD CALM (1854)
Isabel Florence Hapgood translation
Literally, “dear little father”: the genuinely Russian mode of address to a man of any class, as mátushka (“dear little mother”) is for women of all classes.—Translator.
Isabel Florence Hapgood translation
Literally, “dear little father”: the genuinely Russian mode of address to a man of any class, as mátushka (“dear little mother”) is for women of all classes.—Translator.