{"product_id":"9781612190709","title":"The Duel","description":"\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hate you!\" Laevsky said quietly, breathing heavily. \"I've hated you a long time!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new translation of the literary masterpiece— which combines a beautiful romance with high suspense— is here presented for the first time as a stand-alone volume.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Chekhov’s most important lengthy works, this remarkable story gives a startling twist to his classic, ongoing study of bourgeois romance when he sets it on a collision course with a decaying, Czarist concept of honor. It ends in the ultimate Chekhovian observation: that fate is often ludicrous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThis Is An Enhanced eBook\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This eBook contains \u003cb\u003eIlluminations\u003c\/b\u003e—additional illustrated material that expand the world of Kleist’s novella through text and illustrations—at no additional charge. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Illuminations\"\u003c\/b\u003e contains writings by Mikhail Lermontov - Ivan Goncharov - Alexander Pushkin - Herbert Spencer - Friedrich Nietzsche - Jack London - Thomas Paine - Francis Bacon - Charles McKay – And a guide to the game of vint.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Full-color illustrations include: William Hogarth - James Joseph Tissot - Jan Steen - \u003ci\u003eThe Shahnameh\u003c\/i\u003e and more.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Also Included\u003cb\u003e: “Against The Duel: Writing In Protest of Dueling\u003c\/b\u003e”","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165223043312,"sku":"9781612190709","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612190709_p0.jpg?v=1763841829","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612190709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}