“A new person had appeared on the sea-front: a lady with a little dog…”
Chekhov’s The Lady with the Little Dog (1899) was described by Nabokov as "“one of the greatest short stories ever written” I have abridged & adapted it for audio, staying with the same four section structure as the original.

Dmitri Gurov, who had been a week in Yalta, spotted her walking along the promenade: a fair-haired young lady wearing a béret. A white Pomeranian dog was running behind her.

stays very close to the original Constance Garnett translation — changes are mostly for length and clarity.

This opening worksheet contains links to free resources for the compete story. This deals with eternal themes: passion v propriety, romantic love v predatory pursuit, social class etc.

I specialise in retelling classic stories for inexperienced readers (including Washington Square (OUP) & The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin) [