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The Duel and Other Stories

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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After a hot night, a morning swim brings Laevsky into conversation with Samoylenko, an army doctor known for helping his neighbours. Laevsky admits that his feelings for Nadyezhda Fyodorovna have changed. The life of work and shared ideals he imagined in the Caucasus has given way to boredom and regret. As he searches for explanations in books and theories, Samoylenko answers with a practical concern for patience and responsibility.

The title story follows this uneasy social circle into a dispute involving Laevsky and the zoologist Von Koren. Calls for reconciliation compete with wounded pride, while uncertainty about the rules makes the preparations for a duel awkwardly comic. Constance Garnett's English translation places this story alongside Excellent People, Neighbours, At Home and others.

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian short-story writer and playwright who worked as a physician for much of his life. A master of the modern short story and author of plays such as The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard, he shaped twentieth-century drama and fiction alike before dying of tuberculosis at forty-four.

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