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Laevsky. Ivan Andreitch Laevsky is the center of the novella’s moral crisis, motivating the ethical-philosophical discussion as well as all the key plot points, including the tension at the picnic, the party and ultimately the duel. His struggle is one of personal moral responsibility. It is an inward struggle insofar as Laevsky himself is ...
16 de ago. de 2011 · About the Author. Alexander Kuprin (1870–1938) was a Russian writer, pilot, explorer, and adventurer who was dubbed the “true successor to Chekhov” by Tolstoy, and the “Russian Kipling” by Vladimir Nabokov. Joshua Billings’ translation of Pushkin’s Tales of Belkin is available in the Art of the Novella series.
A modern-day Hamlet, Laevsky enjoys blaming his issues on the corrupting influence of his time and civilization. Van Koren, on the other hand, believes strongly in the survival of the fittest. When the two of them become tangled in a game of infidelity, debts, and deception, it is not long until a physical duel ensues. A complex tale of transformation, human fragility and forgiveness, it was ...
Chekhov's plays and short fiction tend to overshadow these, his longer prose works, and unfairly, as it happens. Most of these are concise masterpieces, with only one exception to me (My Life).Most will like be familiar with The Duel which is probably the most well-known of these, but the other works are just as good.The Steppe is a meandering tale of a boy going to the city with a bunch of ...
The Duel Author Anton Chekhov Translated by Margarita Shalina. Series The Art of the Novella. Share Save. Add to Goodreads. ... One of Chekhov’s most important lengthy works, ... This eBook contains Illuminations—additional illustrated material that expand the world of Kleist’s novella through text and illustrations—at no additional charge.
Anton Chekhov’s novella The Duel (1891) centres on the conflict between these two very different men, exploring a variety of topics and ideas in the process. ”He was perhaps very clever, talented, remarkably honest; perhaps if the sea and the mountains had not closed him in on all sides, he might have become an excellent Zemstvo leader, a statesman, an orator, a political writer, a saint.
"A lush and loyal adaptation of Chekhov's novella, which nails the atmosphere and features brilliant performance all round." FILMINK Blessed with a superb cast in perfect synch with Chekhov's sensibilities, rendering this a lush, literate film in which the intricacies of human relationships are as heart-stopping as a high-speed car chase."
