‘The Duel’ is a tale of human weakness, the possibility of forgiveness, and a man’s ultimate ability to change his ways. It is classic Chekhov, revealing the multifaceted essence of human nature.
First published in 1891, this morality tale pits a scientist, a government worker, his mistress, a deacon, and a physician against one another in a verbal battle of wits and ethics that explodes into a violent contest:
the duel. When Laevsky, a lazy youth who works for the government, tires of his dependent mistress, Nadyezhda Fyodorovna, Von Koren, the scientist, delivers a scathing critique of Loevsky’s egotism, forcing the young man to examine his soul.
This volume contains another 7 amazing stories: ‘Excellent People’; ‘Mire’; ‘Neighbours’; ‘At Home’; ‘Expensive Lessons’; ‘The Princess’; and, ‘The Chemist’s Wife’.
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