The document discusses several short stories and how their settings are important to advancing the plot. It analyzes Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog" and how the coastal setting of Yalta in the late 19th century helped the romance between the two main characters blossom. It also summarizes Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings", noting how the unspecified coastal location and dreary weather set the mood. Finally, it discusses A.S. Byatt's "The Thing in the Forest", emphasizing how the story's setting during World War II and the English countryside was integral to the experiences and development of the two main child characters.