The Lady with the Dog

作品简介

Dmitry Gurov, a Muscovite on holiday in Yalta, idly strikes up an acquaintance with a young lady who walks along the seafront with a white Pomeranian. A holiday romance that both think will be brief turns out to be something more. A delicate story about how real feeling comes to people already tired of their own lives.

目录

1. I第1章
2. II第2章
3. III第3章
4. IV第4章

创作经过

The story was published in the magazine Russkaya Mysl (Russian Thought) in December 1899. Chekhov made one of his first notes for it - A Lady with a Pug - back in 1896 in Kislovodsk.

背景

At the end of the nineteenth century Yalta was a fashionable resort for holidays and medical treatment. The story has four short chapters with simple sentences and many precise details, so it is easy to read one chapter at a time.

趣闻

• In 1960 director Iosif Kheifits made a film of the same name based on the story.
• A Pomeranian (шпиц) is a small breed of dog with fluffy fur.