"The Bet" is an 1889 short story by Anton Chekhov about a banker and a young lawyer who make a bet with each other following a conversation about whether the death penalty is better or worse than life in prison. The banker wagers that the lawyer cannot remain in solitary confinement voluntarily for a period of fifteen years.
Inglés
The Lady with the Dog
The Doctor
The Lady with the Dog
The Cherry Orchard
The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories : Stories of Provincial Russia
The Party and Other Stories : Stories of Household Strain
Love, and Other Stories : Stories of Attachment and Its End
The Bishop and Other Stories : Late Stories of Illness and Faith
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories : Yalta, and What Follows It
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories : With Kashtanka, The Darling and Other Stories
The Darling and Other Stories : Ten Stories of Ordinary Lives
Kashtanka and Other Stories : Children, and the Adults Who Miss Them
