Anton Chekhov\'s Short Stories notes

Chekov chooses to tell this story from the perspective of a third-person objective view. By the story's end, we a have fairly sympathetic view of Gurov and Anna's relationship, but does Chekov condone what can only be called adultery? How might the historical context of a society in which divorce was unheard o influence Chekov's perspective?

Chekov chooses to tell this story from the perspective of a third-person objective view. By the story's end, we a have fairly sympathetic view of Gurov and Anna's relationship, but does Chekov condone what can only be called adultery? How might the historical context of a society in which divorce was unheard o influence Chekov's perspective?