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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Author),
Constance Garnett (Translator)
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- About the Author
- About the Translator
A Literary Classic by ANTON CHEKHOV.
The Bet and Other Stories by RUSSIAN author ANTON CHEKHOV is a collection of short stories first published in 1899 in RUSSIA.
The title story of this collection, “The Bet,” tells of a banker and a lawyer who, while debating the merits of capital punishment or life imprisonment, enter into a strange contractual arrangement.
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“I don’t agree with you,” said the host. “I myself have experienced neither capital punishment nor life-imprisonment, but if one may judge a priori,then in my opinion capital punishment is more moral and more humane than imprisonment. Execution kills instantly, life-imprisonment kills by degrees. Who is the more humane executioner, one who kills you in a few seconds or one who draws the life out of you incessantly, for years?”
Synopsis
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), a Russian playwright and short story writer, is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. He was a key figure of early modernism in the theatre and also wrote hundreds of short stories, while working in his profession as a medical doctor.
Title Details
- Translation by Constance C. Garnett, 1901
- Short stories
Number of Pages: 196Dimensions: 0.42 x 8.5 x 5.5 INPublication Date: May 09, 2023
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