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 (1960 film) ⓘ
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 (1960 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Lady with the Dog
The Lady with the Dog → adaptation → The Lady with the Dog (1967 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Lady with the Dog
The Steppe → partOfAuthorCareerPhase → Chekhov’s middle period ⓘ
linked to: The Lady with the Dog
Dmitri Gurov → appearsIn → The Lady with the Dog ⓘ
Dmitri Gurov → firstPublicationContext → The Lady with the Dog, 1899 ⓘ
linked to: The Lady with the Dog
Anna Sergeyevna → appearsIn → The Lady with the Dog ⓘ
Aleksey Batalov → notableWork → The Lady with the Dog ⓘ
Living Out Loud → inspiredBy → The Lady with the Dog ⓘ