Independently Published

The Lady With The Dog Independently Published

Dmitri Gurov works in a bank in Moscow. He is under 40 years old, married, and has a daughter and two sons. Unhappy in his marriage and in the monotony and meaninglessness of his life, he is often unfaithful and considers women to belong to "an inferior race."While on vacation in Yalta, he sees a young girl walking along the boardwalk with her little Pomeranian and struggles to get to know her. The lady, Anna Sergeyevna, is also unhappily married and on vacation without her spouse. Anna and Dmitri soon start an affair and spend most of their time together, often walking and driving to the nearby town of Oreanda. Although she hopes her husband will come to Yalta, eventually he sends her home, saying that something is wrong. wrong with his eyes. Gurov fires her at the station. As they part, they both feel that they will never see each other again and that their romance is over.