num_pages: 25
description: Olga seems to be the perfect woman: plump pretty and friendly and those around her consider her to be a darling girl. However as over the years and through several spouses Olgas true character becomes increasingly evident.The Darling reflects author Anton Chekhovs criticism of women who he viewed as having no intellectual lives and whose happiness he believed was dependent on that of their husbands.
language: English
title: The Darling
publisher: HarperPerennial Classics