# Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov — Short Fiction character guide

> Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Gurov, Dmitri, Dmitri Dmitritch

**First appearance:** 0343-the-lady-with-the-dog

## Who they are

A Moscow banker and practiced philanderer who treats love as a pastime until one affair quietly dismantles everything he thought he knew about himself.

## Relationships

### [Anna Akimovna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/anna_akimovna)

_romantic_

Anna Akimovna and Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov are engaged in a passionate, possibly illicit romance.

### [Anna Akimovna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/anna_akimovna)

_romantic_

Anna Akimovna and Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov are engaged in a passionate, possibly illicit romance.

### [Anna Akimovna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/anna_akimovna)

_romantic_

Anna Akimovna and Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov are engaged in a passionate, possibly illicit romance.

## In the story

### [A Trifle from Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/a-trifle-from-life)

Not present in this chapter.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ii)

The artillery officer, a fellow traveler who comments on the telegraphist's love and the sadness of the scene.

### [The Two Volodyas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-two-volodyas)

Referred to as Volodya (Vladimir Mihalovitch), the friend of Sofya's childhood and object of her past love, now a source of torment.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ii)

Dolzhikov, the engineer who offers the narrator a post on the railway line.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/iv)

Not present in this chapter.

### [The Lady with the Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-lady-with-the-dog)

Protagonist; a married Moscow banker who begins an affair with Anna Sergeyevna in Yalta, later finding himself deeply in love and unable to return to his former life.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ii)

Gurov is transformed by the affair, feeling impatiently passionate and reflective. He parts with Anna at the station, musing on the end of the adventure and his own condescension.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/iii)

Gurov is consumed by his longing for Anna Sergeyevna, travels to her town, and later struggles with the emptiness of Moscow life.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/iv)

Reflects on his double life and his first true love for Anna Sergeyevna, feeling compassion and a desire for sincerity.

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