Which Russian author wrote the short story 'The Lady with the Dog'?

The short story “The Lady with the Dog” was written by Anton Chekhov.

Chekhov wrote the story in Yalta, where he lived for health reasons while suffering from tuberculosis. It was first published in December 1899 in the Russian literary magazine Russkaya Mysl (“Russian Thought”). The plot follows Dmitri Gurov, a married Moscow banker, and Anna Sergeyevna, a married woman he meets while both are vacationing in Yalta.

The story begins like a conventional holiday affair, but Gurov unexpectedly develops sincere feelings for Anna after they part. Its emotional complexity and open-ended treatment of love helped make it one of Chekhov’s most celebrated works. Readers may encounter different English titles, including “The Lady with a Little Dog” and “The Lady with the Lapdog”; these are translations of the same Chekhov story, not separate works.