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The Duel (Chekhov Novel)
''The Duel'' () is a novella by Anton Chekhov originally published in 1891; it was adapted for the screen by Iosif Kheifits in 1973 (as ''The Bad Good Man'', starring Vladimir Vysotsky) and by Dover Kosashvili in 2010 (as '' The Duel''). Publication "The Duel" was first serialized in Aleksey Suvorin's newspaper ''Novoye Vremya'' from October–November 1891, after which Suvorin edited the novella and published it as a separate edition. The book enjoyed nine re-issues during the 1890s. Chekhov included "The Duel" in Volume 6 of his ''Collected Works'', published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901.Muratova, K. D. Commentaries to Дуэль. The Works by A.P. Chekhov in 12 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya Literature. Moscow, 1960. Vol. 6, pp. 524-525 Background Chekhov started writing the novella in January 1891. According to Mikhail Chekhov, while working upon it Chekhov regularly met with the zoologist and writer Vladimir Wagner Vladimir Aleksandrovich Wagner (or Vagner: ; March 29, 1849 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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The Duel (2010 Film)
''Anton Chekhov's The Duel'' is a 2010 film directed by Dover Kosashvili. The film is an adaptation of the 1891 novella '' The Duel'' by Anton Chekhov. Dargis, Manohla (28 April 2010)"Anton Chekhov's The Duel" ''The New York Times''. Lane, Anthony (17 May 2010)"Fighting Form" ''The New Yorker''. Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on Laevsky ( Andrew Scott), an aristocratic civil servant, and his mistress Nadya (Fiona Glascott), whom Laevsky is trying to abandon. The screenplay was written by Mary Bing. ''The Duel'' was filmed in Croatia. The film's cast is made up of British and Irish actors. It has generally received positive reviews. Plot Ivan Andreitch Laevsky is an educated Russian aristocrat who has run off with a married woman, Nadyezyhda Fyodorovna (Nadya), to the Black sea. He got a job in the civil service, but is careless about his work, mostly drinking and playing cards. By now he has fallen out of love and is bored with Nadya, who is having a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novellas By Anton Chekhov
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts. Definition The Italian term is a feminine of ''novello'', which means ''new'', similarly to the English word ''news''. Merriam-Webster defines a novella as "a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel". There is disagreement regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella, a short story or a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association defines a novella's word count to be between 17,500 and 40,000 words; at 250 words per page, this equates to 70 to 160 pages. See below for definitions used by other organisations. History The novella as a literary genre began developing in the Italian literature of the early Renaissance, principally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Novels
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Vladimir Wagner
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Wagner (or Vagner: ; March 29, 1849 – March 8, 1934) was a Russian psychologist and naturalist known for his studies of comparative and evolutionary psychology. He also studied spiders, and in 1882 proposed the first classification of spider families based on copulatory organs. His friend Anton Chekhov was inspired to write the novella A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) ..., "''The Duel''", based on discussions with Wagner. Life and work Wagner was born in Tula. He graduated from the law faculty (1874) and then in physics and mathematics (1882) from Moscow University. He spent some time at biological stations in Sevastapol, Naples and Villafranca. His first work was on marine invertebrate blood in collaboration with A. O. Kovalevsky and I. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Chekhov (writer)
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Павлович Чехов; 6 October 1865 in Taganrog – 14 November 1936 in Yalta) was a Russian writer and theater critic; the youngest brother and biographer of Anton Chekhov. Biography He graduated at the top of his class at the Chekhov Gymnasium, Taganrog Gymnasium, then attended the , where he began contributing articles to humorous newspapers and magazines. From 1885 to 1890, he studied law at Moscow University.Mikhail Chekhov @ the Chekhov website. From 1890 to 1898, he was stationed as a tax collector at several locations in the Moscow region. In 1891, his translation of the short story "A Rainy June" by Ouida appeared in the ''Bulletin of Foreign Literature''. His first full book was a dictionary for farmers, published in 1894. While stationed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Marks
Adolf Fyodorovich Marx (; 2 February 1838 – ), last name also spelled Marcks and recently Marks, known as A. F. Marx, was an influential 19th-century German publisher in Russia best known for the weekly journal ''Niva (journal), Niva''. He obtained Russian citizenship. Marx was born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia the son of Friedrich Marx, a maker of clock tower, tower clocks. After finishing his education, he went to work in a bookstore, and in 1859 moved to the Russian Empire to take jobs in the book trade, first with F. A. Bietepage and I. K. Kalugin to deal with their German books, and then in the foreign department of Moritz Wolf's bookstore, "one of the best bookshops in St. Petersburg." After a brief period as chief editor for German and French correspondence for the Great Russian Railway Company, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Suvorin
Aleksei Sergeyevich Suvorin (; , Korshevo, Voronezh Governorate – , Tsarskoye Selo) was a Russian newspaper and book publisher and journalist whose publishing empire wielded considerable influence during the last decades of the Russian Empire. He set out as a liberal journalist but, like many of his contemporaries, he experienced a dramatic shift in views, gradually drifting towards nationalism. Early career Suvorin was a quintessential selfmade man. Born of a peasant family, he succeeded in gaining access to a military school at Voronezh from which he graduated in 1850. In the following year, he arrived in St. Petersburg and joined a major artillery school there. With limited prospects of pursuing a military career, he spent eight years in his native haunts, teaching history and geography, first in Bobrov and then in Voronezh. No one could have predicted that within two or three decades, the provincial teacher would rise to become one of the most influential men in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a printing or publishing format by which a single larger Creative work, work, often a work of Narrative, narrative fiction, is published in smaller, sequential instalments. The instalments are also known as ''numbers'', ''parts'', ''fascicules'' or ''fascicles'', and may be released either as separate publications or within sequential issues of a periodical publication, such as a magazine or newspaper. Serialisation can also begin with a single short story that is subsequently turned into a series. Historically, such series have been published in periodicals. Popular short-story series are often published together in book form as collections. Early history The growth of moveable type in the 17th century prompted episodic and often disconnected narratives such as ''L'Astrée'' and ''Artamène, Le Grand Cyrus''. At that time, books remained a premium item, so to reduce the price and expand the market, publishers produced large works in lower-cost Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover Kosashvili
Dover Kosashvili (, ka, დოვერ ქოსაშვილი; born 8 December 1966) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter of Georgian-Jewish descent. He has directed five films since 1998. His film, '' Late Marriage'', was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography Directed * '' Im Hukim'' (1998) * '' Hatuna Meuheret'' (Late Marriage) (2001) * '' Matana MiShamayim'' (A Gift from the Sky) (2003) * ''Infiltration'' (2009) * '' The Duel'' (2010) * '' Ravaka Plus'' (Single Plus) (2012) * '' Zug Yonim'' (Love Birds) (2017) Acted in * '' Matana MiShamayim'' (A Gift from the Sky) (2003) * '' Metumtemet'' (Dumb) (2016) * ' (Queens) (2018) * ' (2018) * ' (2019) * ''Meila'' (2021) * ''Haderech Le'Eilat'' (2022) * ' (2024) * ' (2024) References External links * Israeli Film Director: Countrymen's Hits Abroad Are 'Mediocre or Worse". Ido Rosen. Haaretz ''Haaretz'' (; originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , , ) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
