The Duel
Language: English
Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Russian -- Translations into English Short Stories Year: 1860-1904 -- Translations into English _sort
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: Jun 8, 2015
Collection:
Fiction
Reading Ease:
79.17
Page Count:
136
Word Count:
40552
Book Details
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Description:
Von Koren, an educated zoologist, finds the slovenly lifestyle of Laevsky, a drinker, to be worthless. Finally, Laevsky can’t take it any more.
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The Duel is one of Chekhov’s longest works, skirting the edge between novel and novella. Like many of Chekhov’s works, it was first published as a serial.
Laevsky is a womanizing drunkard, a slave to life’s vices. His wantonness clashes with the moralistic zoologist Von Koren, who grows to despise Laevsky. Their mutual enmity culminates in a duel—though neither they, nor their friends, really want it to happen.