The Darling (1899)

• Kukin, who was the manager of an open-air theatre called the Tivoli
• Olenka, The Darling
• Olga transforms into Kukin’s lover.
• Kukin’s Death, yet within three months she has fallen for Vassily Andreitch Pustovalov
  
• Olga transforms into Pustovalov’s lover.
• When Smirnin hits on her, she responds with appropriate dignity, rebuffing his advances.
• Pustovalov’s Death, yet within six months she is in a relationship with the veterinary surgeon.
• Olga transforms into a veterinarian.
• The vet leaves when his army regiment is transferred.
• Olga is devastated and deteriorates into… nothingness.
• Smirnin returns with wife and son, and Olga welcomes them all into her home.
  
• Wife leaves, Smirnin leaves… Sasha the boy is left with Olga.
• Now she had opinions of her own.
• Following Sasha to school.
• Conclusion: Sasha’s nightmare…