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Olenka was quite a darling. She was quiet, and always had an imaginative smile. Unfortunately, she had a personality defect. Her problem was the fact that she didn’t have a personality of her own; it was always that of her lovers. In the beginning of the ....

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.... my darling! Why did I ever know you and love you! You poor heart-broken Olenka is all alone without you,”(174). Then Pustovalov came along, the timber merchant, and she once again fell in love. This changed her life from the theater into a new life of business. Her husbands ideas were hers. If he thought the room was too hot, she thought the same. At one point, she tried so hard to act like the one she loved and it drove her third husband away. Her third affair was a veterinarian who was there for her after Pustovalov died. He became quickly annoyed with Olenka because all she did was copy him and agree with him. She would inter ....