Essays on The Bet

Introduction

Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy were from extreme opposites of the economic spectrum in Russia during the dying days of the nineteenth century. Chekhov was a grandson of a serf, while Tolstoy was an aristocrat. In spite of this, however, both writers saw and deeply felt the ironies of life as reflected in their own lives. This is especially brought out in the way that their short stories, Chekhov’s “The Bet” and Tolstoy’s “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”, employ character, irony and plot to explore the same theme; that is, the corruption involved in the acquisition ...

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