The Duel
- ISBN-10
- 081297008X
- ISBN-13
- 9780812970081
- Series
- The Duel
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 101
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Author
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Description
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. 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.
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