The Lady with the Dog

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The Lady with the Dog is a renowned short story by Anton Chekhov that explores an adulterous love affair and the complexities of human emotion with subtle psychological depth.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
adaptation The Lady with the Dog self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Lady with the Dog (1960 film)

The Lady with the Dog self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Lady with the Dog (1967 film)
approximateLength short story length
author Anton Chekhov
centralRelationshipType extramarital affair
commonlyStudiedIn Russian literature courses
world literature courses
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
criticalReception highly acclaimed by literary critics
explores complexities of human emotion
inner life of characters
femaleProtagonistMaritalStatus married
firstPublicationFormat magazine publication
firstPublicationYear 1899
firstPublishedIn Russkaya Mysl
genre psychological fiction
realist fiction
hasFemaleProtagonist Anna Sergeyevna
literaryMovement Russian realism
literarySignificance considered one of Chekhov's greatest short stories
widely anthologized
mainCharacter Anna Sergeyevna
Dmitri Gurov
narrativePerspective third-person narration
openingLocation sea promenade in Yalta
originalLanguage Russian
originalTitle Дама с собачкой
originalTitleLanguage Russian
placeInAuthorOeuvre late work of Anton Chekhov
protagonistMaritalStatus married
protagonistOccupation bank employee (Dmitri Gurov)
setting Moscow
Yalta
structure prose narrative
theme adultery
loneliness
love
marriage
moral conflict
psychological complexity
social conventions
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century
tone melancholic
subtle

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Anton Chekhov notableWork The Lady with the Dog
The Lady with the Dog adaptation The Lady with the Dog self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Lady with the Dog (1960 film)
The Lady with the Dog adaptation The Lady with the Dog self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Lady with the Dog (1967 film)
The Steppe partOfAuthorCareerPhase The Lady with the Dog
this entity surface form: Chekhov’s middle period