The Duel and Other Stories (eBook, ePUB) - Chekhov, Anton
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"The Duel" is a story by Anton Chekhov. Like many of the tales of the Russian writer, it is a rather profound story, within which there is a substantial metaphor: that of the dual nature of humanity.The setting is idyllic, but for this reason, it is an ironic background to a story full of meanness, whims, moralism , hypocrisy and ruthlessness.The questionable character who opens the whole story is a scornful and shady man who convinces a married woman to live with him. After a short time, however, he decides to get rid of her .Intrigues, lies, and black and grotesque situations lead the reader to reflect on human nature and the meaning of life itself.…mehr

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"The Duel" is a story by Anton Chekhov. Like many of the tales of the Russian writer, it is a rather profound story, within which there is a substantial metaphor: that of the dual nature of humanity.The setting is idyllic, but for this reason, it is an ironic background to a story full of meanness, whims, moralism , hypocrisy and ruthlessness.The questionable character who opens the whole story is a scornful and shady man who convinces a married woman to live with him. After a short time, however, he decides to get rid of her .Intrigues, lies, and black and grotesque situations lead the reader to reflect on human nature and the meaning of life itself.
Autorenporträt
Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. He trained as a doctor and practiced medicine throughout most of his literary career. Constance Garnett was an English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature and one of the first English translators of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekhov. Janet Malcolm is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of The Journalist and the Murder and In the Freud Archives, among many others.