Life is too short for a long story. Why not sit down and enjoy a short tale? The District Doctor is a wonderful Turgenev short story that appealed and influenced American authors, such as Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald for its writing style, and Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway for its focus on moments.In a rural area of Russia, a sick man summons the doctor. The two engage in conversation, and soon the doctor begins to relate a stirring story from his past experiences as a doctor. In his story, he is called to the side of a young woman who is bed-ridden with fever and likely to die. As the doctor stays with her, both he and the young woman seem affected by the gravity and finality of the situation, and they develop an interesting relationship that lies somewhere between the shadows of her fever-induced delirium and his unspoken attraction and empathy.时间太少，小说太长，不如读一篇短故事。

有时候爱情短暂正如昙花，虽只一现，却是永恒。本文中，屠格涅夫用回忆体的笔触，给你讲述一个发生在县城医生和一位垂死女病人之间的爱情故事。