The Darling

by Anton Chekhov

Overview

The Darling is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in 1899 in London, it follows the life of a woman who is referred to as darling. Olenka Plemyannikova, the daughter of a retired collegiate assessor, falls in love with the theater owner, Kukin. Olenka's father dies and she marries Kukin, the two of them live a happy married life...until Kukin travels to Moscow and dies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781986646253
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/15/2018
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian author of plays and short stories. Although Chekhov became a physician and once considered medicine his primary career, he gained fame and esteem through writing, ultimately producing a number of well-known plays, including The Seagull and Uncle Vanya, and a large body of innovative short stories that influenced the evolution of the form.