For 10 points, name this Russian author of "Rothschild's Fiddle" and "The Lady with the Dog."
One story by this author sees a "Master of the Arts" marry the daughter of a horticulturalist after he is told he is a genius and one of God's elect by the title figure, who appears in a whirl of smoke. Another of his stories climaxes with a woman going unpunished after pouring a ladle of boiling water on Lipa's baby. One of this author's stories focuses on a coffin-maker who abuses the title character while lamenting the loss of his wife Marfa. That story ends with the title Jew inheriting one of the few objects owned by Yakov Ivanov. This author of "In the Ravine" and "The Black Monk" also wrote a story in which Dmitri Gurov attends a performance of The Geisha in the hopes of seeing his lover, a woman he met in Yalta who often walks her small Pomeranian. For 10 points, name this Russian author of "Rothschild's Fiddle" and "The Lady with the Dog."
One story by this author sees a "Master of the Arts" marry the daughter of a horticulturalist after he is told he is a genius and one of God's elect by the title figure, who appears in a whirl of smoke.
Anton Chekhov