This story was one of three stories by Alison MacLeod commissioned as a suite of Chekhov-inspired stories by BBC Radio 4.

All three were later collected in Alison MacLeod's short fiction collection ALL THE BELOVED GHOSTS (2017):
http://eprints.chi.ac.uk/2608/

BBC Programme notes:
Series: Imagining Chekhov
Story: Woman with a Little Pug

A set of three stories, commissioned specially for Radio 4. Alison MacLeod explores the life and work of one of the finest short story writers of them all - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

Episode One:
In this playful reworking of Chekhov's classic tale 'The Lady With A Little Dog', a philanderer encounters a woman in a Brighton hotel. But they can't help thinking they've met each other somewhere before.

Alison MacLeod lives in Brighton. She was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2011 and her stories Solo, A Capella and In Praise Of Radical Fish have featured in previous Radio 4 series. Her works include The Changeling and The Wave Theory of Angels. Her novel, Unexploded, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and was broadcast as Book At Bedtime. Alison is Professor of Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester.

Reader: Peter Firth
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.