The Lady with the Dog Isolation Quotes

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

Quote #4

Gurov felt bored already, listening to her. (2.18)

Similarly, Gurov too fails to recognize that Anna is driven by the same "curiosity" that he himself felt earlier in Yalta.

Quote #5

He was moved, sad, and conscious of a slight remorse. This young woman whom he would never meet again had not been happy with him. (2.40)

Gurov is conscious of Anna's unhappiness, but he fails to recognize it as similar to his own dissatisfaction. The two lovers are further isolated by this lack of understanding between them.

Quote #6

Little by little he became absorbed in Moscow life, greedily read three newspapers a day, and declared he did not read the Moscow papers on principle! He already felt a longing to go to restaurants, clubs, dinner-parties, anniversary celebrations, and he felt flattered at entertaining distinguished lawyers and artists, and at playing cards with a professor at the doctors' club. (3.2)

Though not explicit here, Gurov's new loneliness is evident through his need for constant company.