The Bet: Short Story by Anton Chekhov

The Bet: Short Story

Anton Chekhov

25 pages first pub 1889 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
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At a banker’s party fifteen years ago, a young lawyer defends the position that life in prison is far less humane than capital punishment. The banker disagrees and proposes they bet—two million rubles in exchange for fifteen years of solitary conf...

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challenging 100%
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