Known for his plays and short stories, anton chekhov also wrote a series of novellas, astonishing for their psychological complexity and compelling human portraiture. Its very well made and acted in english by a mostly irish cast in a polished chekovian tone. By mimicking reality he produced a representational art through his stories. Observing its characters faults with equanimity, dover koshashvilis adaptation of anton chekhovs short story the duel treats the residents of a seaside town in the caucuses as specimens of humanitys dual nature. Laevsky is a dissaipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation. Ivan andreitch laevsky, a thin, fair young man of twentyeight, wearing the cap of a clerk in the ministry of finance and with slippers on his feet. It is the story about a man in the caucasus and his troubles with his wife and a biologist which culminates in a duel.
The duel and other stories by anton pavlovich chekhov free. The first edition of the novel was published in 1900, and was written by anton chekhov. The duel is a tale of human weakness, the possibility of forgiveness, and a man s ultimate ability to change his ways. Download anton t chekhov s the duel and other stories the tales of chekhov vol. In anton chekhov s the duel, escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the black sea coast. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. This is edition features anton chekhov s the duel in both english and russian languages for those interested in advancing language skills, learning or simply digging into finer detail of the original chekhov masterpiece. It was adapted for the screen by iosif kheifits in 1973 as the bad good man, starring vladimir vysotsky and by dover kosashvili in 2010 as the duel.
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