The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

Download or read book The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lady with the Dog" is a short story by Anton Chekhov first published in 1899. It tells the story of an adulterous affair between a Russian banker and a young lady he meets while vacationing in Yalta. The story comprises four parts: part I describes the initial meeting in Yalta, part II the consummation of the affair and the remaining time in Yalta, part III Gurov's return to Moscow and his visit to Anna's town, and part IV Anna's visits to Moscow. One of Chekhov's most famous pieces of short fiction, Vladimir Nabokov declared that it was one of the greatest short stories ever written.