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The Duel by Anton Chekhov
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The Duel

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Anton Chekhov
Introduction by Aleksandar Hemon
Translated by Constance Garnett

By Anton Chekhov
Introduction by Aleksandar Hemon
Translated by Constance Garnett

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Margarita Shalina

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Margarita Shalina

By Anton Chekhov

By Anton Chekhov

By Anton Chekhov
Introduction by Aleksandar Hemon
Translated by Constance Garnett

By Anton Chekhov
Introduction by Aleksandar Hemon
Translated by Constance Garnett

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Margarita Shalina

By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Margarita Shalina

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Part of Vintage Classics

Part of Modern Library Classics

Part of The Art of the Novella

Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction

Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction

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    About The Duel

    Includes a new forward by the screenwriter Mary Bing 

    In Anton Chekhov’s The Duel the escalating animosity between two men with opposed philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a seedy resort on the Black Sea coast.

    Laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation; he has run off with another man’s wife, the beautiful but vapid Nadya, and now finds himself tiring of her. The scientist von Koren is contemptuous of Laevsky; as a fanatical devotee of Darwin, von Koren believes the other man to be unworthy of survival and is further enraged by his treatment of Nadya. As the confrontation between the two becomes increasingly heated, it leads to a duel that is as comically inadvertent as it is inevitable. Masterfully translated by the award-winnning Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, The Duel is one of the most subtle examples of Chekhov’s narrative art.

    About The Duel

    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.

    About The Duel

    About This Book

    “Hate you!” Laevsky said quietly, breathing heavily. “I’ve hated you a long time!”

    This new translation of the literary masterpiece— which combines a beautiful romance with high suspense— is here presented for the first time as a stand-alone volume.

    One of Chekhov’s most important lengthy works, this remarkable story gives a startling twist to his classic, ongoing study of bourgeois romance when he sets it on a collision course with a decaying, Czarist concept of honor. It ends in the ultimate Chekhovian observation: that fate is often ludicrous.

    This Is A Melville House “HybridBook”

    HybridBooks are a union of print and electronic media: Purchasers of this print edition also receive Illuminations—additional illustrated material that expand the world of Chekhov’s novella through text and illustrations—at no additional charge. 
     
    To obtain the Illuminations for The Duel by Anton Chekhov, simply scan the QR code (or follow a url) found at the back of the print book, which leads to a page where you can download a file for your preferred electronic reading device.


    “Illuminations” contains writings by Mikhail Lermontov – Ivan Goncharov – Alexander Pushkin – Herbert Spencer – Friedrich Nietzsche – Jack London – Thomas Paine – Francis Bacon – Charles McKay – And a guide to the game of vint.
     
    Full-color illustrations include: William Hogarth – James Joseph Tissot – Jan Steen – The Shahnameh and more.
     
    Also Included: “Against The Duel: Writing In Protest of Dueling”

    About The Duel

    Includes a new forward by the screenwriter Mary Bing 

    In Anton Chekhov’s The Duel the escalating animosity between two men with opposed philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a seedy resort on the Black Sea coast.

    Laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation; he has run off with another man’s wife, the beautiful but vapid Nadya, and now finds himself tiring of her. The scientist von Koren is contemptuous of Laevsky; as a fanatical devotee of Darwin, von Koren believes the other man to be unworthy of survival and is further enraged by his treatment of Nadya. As the confrontation between the two becomes increasingly heated, it leads to a duel that is as comically inadvertent as it is inevitable. Masterfully translated by the award-winnning Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, The Duel is one of the most subtle examples of Chekhov’s narrative art.


    From the Trade Paperback edition.

    About The Duel

    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.


    From the Trade Paperback edition.

    About The Duel

    About This Book

    “Hate you!” Laevsky said quietly, breathing heavily. “I’ve hated you a long time!”

    This new translation of the literary masterpiece— which combines a beautiful romance with high suspense— is here presented for the first time as a stand-alone volume.

    One of Chekhov’s most important lengthy works, this remarkable story gives a startling twist to his classic, ongoing study of bourgeois romance when he sets it on a collision course with a decaying, Czarist concept of honor. It ends in the ultimate Chekhovian observation: that fate is often ludicrous.

    This Is An Enhanced eBook

    This eBook contains Illuminations—additional illustrated material that expand the world of Kleist’s novella through text and illustrations—at no additional charge. 

    “Illuminations” contains writings by Mikhail Lermontov – Ivan Goncharov – Alexander Pushkin – Herbert Spencer – Friedrich Nietzsche – Jack London – Thomas Paine – Francis Bacon – Charles McKay – And a guide to the game of vint.
     
    Full-color illustrations include: William Hogarth – James Joseph Tissot – Jan Steen – The Shahnameh and more.
     
    Also Included: “Against The Duel: Writing In Protest of Dueling”

    Also by Anton Chekhov

    Big Volodya and Little Volodya
    A Life in Letters
    The Shooting Party
    The Complete Short Novels
    My Life
    See all books by Anton Chekhov

    Also by Anton Chekhov

    Big Volodya and Little Volodya
    A Life in Letters
    The Shooting Party
    The Complete Short Novels
    My Life
    See all books by Anton Chekhov

    Also by Anton Chekhov

    Big Volodya and Little Volodya
    A Life in Letters
    The Shooting Party
    The Complete Short Novels
    My Life
    See all books by Anton Chekhov

    Also by Anton Chekhov

    Big Volodya and Little Volodya
    A Life in Letters
    The Shooting Party
    The Complete Short Novels
    My Life
    See all books by Anton Chekhov

    Also by Anton Chekhov

    Big Volodya and Little Volodya
    A Life in Letters
    The Shooting Party
    The Complete Short Novels
    My Life
    See all books by Anton Chekhov

    Also by Anton Chekhov

    Big Volodya and Little Volodya
    A Life in Letters
    The Shooting Party
    The Complete Short Novels
    My Life
    See all books by Anton Chekhov

    About Anton Chekhov

    Anton Chekhov was the author of hundreds of short stories and several plays and is regarded by many as both the greatest Russian storyteller and the father of modern drama.

    About Anton Chekhov

    Anton Chekhov was the author of hundreds of short stories and several plays and is regarded by many as both the greatest Russian storyteller and the father of modern drama.

    About Anton Chekhov

    Anton Chekhov was the author of hundreds of short stories and several plays and is regarded by many as both the greatest Russian storyteller and the father of modern drama.

    About Anton Chekhov

    Anton Chekhov was the author of hundreds of short stories and several plays and is regarded by many as both the greatest Russian storyteller and the father of modern drama.

    Product Details

    Paperback | $13.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 10, 2010 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307742872

    Paperback | $12.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Oct 14, 2003 | 128 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780812970081

    Paperback | $11.00
    Published by Melville House
    Aug 16, 2011 | 144 Pages | 5 x 7 | ISBN 9781935554509

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 10, 2010 | ISBN 9780307742964

    Ebook | $2.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Dec 18, 2007 | 128 Pages | ISBN 9780307432155

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Melville House
    Aug 16, 2011 | ISBN 9781612190709

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    Praise

    “[A] bracingly comic story—available in a series of duel-themed novellas reprinted by Melville House.”
    —New Yorker

    “I would save it from a burning house before everything else I’ve ever read.”
    —David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas


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