The Shot (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexander Pushkin
- First Published: 1831
- Type of Plot: Sketch
- Time of Work: About 1815, 1821, and 1826
- Setting: The fictitious villages of N—— and R—— in Russia
- Principal Characters: Ivan Petrovich Belkin, Lieutenant-Colonel I. L. P, Silvio, R——, Count B——, Masha
- Genres: Short fiction, Sketch
- Subjects: Card games, Military life or service, Duels or dueling, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Russia
The Story
This double story-within-a-story is presented by Ivan Petrovich Belkin, a gregarious but even-tempered army officer who committed to paper much of what others had told him before his untimely death. The first of his tales, which was related to him by Lieutenant-Colonel I. L. P., takes place among the garrison stationed in the village of N——. At the outset, so the story goes, all present in the garrison are awed and mystified by one Silvio; generous without any thought of recompense, he has retired at an early age from the hussars and exists on an uncertain income....
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