The Duel (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- First Published: 1891
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1880's
- Setting: The Caucasus
- Principal Characters: Ivan Andreitch “Vanya” Laevsky, Nadyezhda Fyodorovna, Alexandr Daviditch Samoylenko, “Kolya” Von Koren, Ilya Mihalitch Kirilin
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Values, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Roads, streets, or highways, Emotions, Violence, Fear, Adultery, Death or dying, Separation, Russia or Russian people, Debtors or creditors, Trucking or truck drivers
- Locales: Caucasus
The Story
The first five sections of “The Duel” explore the emotional and mental states of two lovers, Ivan Andreitch Laevsky and Nadyezhda Fyodorovna, who have fled to the Caucasus in search of happiness and now are living together without benefit of matrimony, to the scandal of local society. Now realizing how different daily life is from romantic dreams, how different life as a farmer would be from visions of love in a vineyard, Laevsky is convinced that he no longer loves Nadyezhda Fyodorovna. Only the lack of money prevents him from deserting her. As he tells his...
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