Муму
By Иван Сергеевич Тургенев
Cover: Old mill (1880), painting by Vasily Polenov (1844-1927) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Gerasim, a deaf-mute serf and a giant of a man, rescues a puppy he calls Mumu and loves it, until his capricious mistress orders it drowned. Turgenev's story is a quiet protest against serfdom.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.