The Duel

Anton Chekhov

⏱ 8 minRussian classic

A weak, self-deceiving idler and the cold zoologist who despises him as a useless creature are driven to a duel by the Black Sea, and the brush with death quietly begins to remake the worthless man. Chekhov's finest long story.

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