Chekhov's "Lady with the Pet Dog"

On the "Lady with the Pet Dog" Chekhov tells us the story of Gurov and Anna. They first meet on the Russian province of Yalta, being both of them married they ultimately decided to be involve in an extramarital relation. In one hand Guruv is the head of a family, on the other hand Anna is a woman married to a high ranked politician. After they get involved in this forbidden relationship, they fell in …

…of them it was over; but as the time went by they realized that it was not just an adventure what they had, and started to see each other in secrecy again. The hard part of their relationship was not the fact that they loved each other, it was that they had a forbidden love just because they were married and have a status in society, neither of them were able to give it up.