"The Lady with the Dog" (Anton Chekhov)

"The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekhov is a short story about a married man named Dmitri Gurov who, while on vacation, has an affair with a woman named Anna, also married. Their chance meeting evolves into genuine, complex feelings, challenging their initial superficial motivations. As they continue their secret relationship, both grapple with societal expectations and personal conscience. The story explores themes of love, loneliness, and the constraints of social roles, illustrating how genuine emotion can develop unexpectedly and profoundly, even within the constraints of their respective lives.