The Lady with the Dog

by Anton Chekhov · 1917

First published in 1899, 'The Lady with the Dog' is a classic short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov. It follows the story of Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, a bored, unhappily married Moscow banker, and a young married woman who meet while vacationing alone in Yalta. What begins as a fleeting, illicit flirtation between two people trapped in unsatisfying marriages evolves into a complex and profound exploration of love, regret, and the disparity between the lives people lead and the lives they pretend to be satisfied with.