The Bet and Other Stories

Anton Chekhov

⏱ 7 minRussian classic

A banker and a young lawyer stake two million and fifteen years of solitude on a single question — is any life better than none? — in Chekhov's famous parable, joined by a handful of his sharpest short stories.

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