1. THE LADY WITH THE PET DOG
NOTABLE QUOTATIONS
NOTABLE TERMS
“There was something touching about Anna Sergeyevna; she had the purity of a well-bred, naïve woman who has seen little in life” (Chekhov 182).
“…winter came into its own, and everything was still clear in his memory as though he had parted from Anna Sergeyevna only yesterday. And his memories glowed more and more vividly (Chekhov 184).
“She glanced at him and turned pale, then looked at him again in horror, unable to believe her eye, and gripped the fan and the lorgnette tightly together in her hands, evidently trying to keep herself from fainting” (Chekhov 187).
“He had two lives: an open one, seen and known by all who needed t know it, full of conventional truth and conventional falsehood, exactly like the lives of his friends and acquaintances; and another life that went on in secret” (Chekhov 188).
Zemstvo Council: A district council
Limited Omniscient Narrator: The author restricts the narrator to the single perspective or either a major or minor character
Yalta: A city in southern Ukraine on the north coast of the Black Sea
Lorgnette: a pair of glasses or opera glasses with a short handle at one side to hold them by

2. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:
Anton Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, southern Russia. As the son of a grocer, he spent his early years in the shadow of father's tyranny, religious fanaticism, and long nights working in his store. During his experience working, he had a tendency to closely survey the idlers that passed through the shop, and gathered humorous stories which would later spark his calling to writing. At age 14, his father went bankrupt and moved to Moscow, but left Chekhov behind to live independently. Relieved of work in the shop, his progress at school became remarkable, and he went on to attend medical school and received a medical degree at Moscow University. But soon after graduating, he decided to give up his medical career in order to devote himself to writing full-time. Chekhov is legendary primarily for his short-stories, which are unique for his application of realistic details. He is also the author of several plays, including
The Seagull and Uncle Vanya. In all of his work, he avoids evident struggles and well-organized climaxes that usually compile most plays. Instead, he spreads out the canvas for contemplation; rather than forcing an audience to feel sympathy or other such emotions for characters, he purely illustrates the spectacle of humanity as he sees it. His work reflects both his humorous qualities as well as his intellect. Chekhov died of tuberculosis on July 14, 1904, and was buried in Moscow. Since his death, Chekhov's plays and short stories have become famous worldwide and he is considered by many to be the greatest Russian storyteller and dramatist of modern times.

3. Some Yummy Food For Thought:
(Please answer 2 of the 7 Questions)
1. The story is divided into three parts. If you were to title each part, what would you name them and why?
2. What point of view is the story told in? How does this affect the portrayal of the story as opposed to any other point of view?
3. What do you make of Gurov’s regarding women as an “inferior race” and how does it affect the story?
4. There are several instances where ethics and morals are ignored in this story, what were some that you found and why did these strike you?
5. How does the narrator’s perception of Anna differ from Gurov’s perception of Anna? How are their perceptions alike?
6. What do you think the “long gray fence studded with nails” in front of Anna’s house represents or is symbolic of?
7. “The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for this reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected” (Chekhov 188). What do you think about this statement? How do you think it is prevalent in the story and real life?

4. GLOSSARY/WORD INDEX
-Point of View: refers to who tells the story and how it is told
-Narrator: the teller of a story
-Omniscient Narrator: a third person narrator who is all knowing
-Editorial Omniscience: the narrator perceives and evaluates a character or situation for the reader
-Neutral Omniscience: narration that allows characters’ actions and thoughts to speak for themselves
-Limited Omniscient Narrator: the author restricts the narrator to the single perspective or either a major or minor character
-Stream-of-Consciousness Technique: this technique takes a reader inside a character’s mind to reveal perceptions, thoughts and feelings on a conscious or unconscious level, it suggests the flow of thought sometimes letting fragments replace sentences as the character’s mind makes rapid associations
-Objective Point of View: a narrator who does not see into the mind of any character, from this detached and impersonal perspective, the narrator reports action and dialogue without telling us directly what the character thinks
-First-Person Narrator: the “I” presents the point of view of only one character’s consciousness, the reader is restricted to the perceptions, thoughts and feelings of a single character
-Unreliable Narrator: a narrator that interprets the events of the story different than the way the author interprets it, often the narrator’s perception of plot, characters and setting becomes the actual subject of the story
-Naïve Narrator: are usually characterized by youthful innocence