The Duel

By Anton Chekhov & Constance Garnett

The Duel - Anton Chekhov & Constance Garnett
  • Release Date: 2015-06-08
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature

Description

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.