The Lady with the Dog Reputation Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Section.Paragraph). We used Constance Garnett's translation.

Quote #4

The hotel porter gave him the necessary information; Von Diderits lived in a house of his own in Old Gontcharny Street – it was not far from the hotel: he was rich and lived in good style, and had his own horses; every one in the town knew him. The porter pronounced the name "Dridirits." (3.15)

Gurov is definitely concerned with social status and reputation – through the narrative perspective we can see that he's judging those around him (in this case, the porter and his pronunciation).

Quote #5

"So much for the lady with the dog...so much for the adventure....You're in a nice fix...." (3.22)

Gurov recognizes that things have fundamentally changed since Yalta. If he is to lose Anna now, it must be under entirely different circumstances.

Quote #6

Anna Sergeyevna, too, came in. She sat down in the third row, and when Gurov looked at her his heart contracted, and he understood clearly that for him there was in the whole world no creature so near, so precious, and so important to him; she, this little woman, in no way remarkable, lost in a provincial crowd, with a vulgar lorgnette in her hand, filled his whole life now, was his sorrow and his joy, the one happiness that he now desired for himself, and to the sounds of the inferior orchestra, of the wretched provincial violins, he thought how lovely she was. (3.26)

After months of judgment and superiority complexes, Gurov admits that he judges Anna as below his class – and that he loves her anyway.