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"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. [1] [2]
An abridged version of the book was read by Robert Glenister on BBC Radio 4 as Book of the Week between Monday 10 and Friday 14 January 2005. [5]The Last Duel, a drama documentary based on the book and including comments by Jager, was broadcast by BBC Four as part of a medieval-themed season on 24 April 2008.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (Russian: Александр Иванович Куприн; 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1870 – 25 August 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) [2] and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie.
Duel is a 1971 American road action-thriller [1] [2] television film directed by Steven Spielberg. It centers on a traveling salesman David Mann ( Dennis Weaver ) driving his car through rural California to meet a client.
The Duel (Chekhov novel), an 1891 novella by Anton Chekhov; The Duel (Kuprin novel), a 1905 novel by Aleksandr Kuprin; The Duel (Conrad story), 1908 short story by Joseph Conrad "The Duel" (Borges story), a 1970 short story by Jorge Luis Borges; The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power, a 2008 book by Tariq Ali
The Duellists is a 1977 British historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and produced by David Puttnam.Set in France during the Napoleonic Wars, the film focuses on a series of duels between two rival officers, the obsessive Bonapartist Gabriel Feraud (played by Harvey Keitel) and royalist Armand d'Hubert (Keith Carradine), that spans nearly 20 years and reflects the political tumult of ...
Midshipmen Kennedy, Hether, and Cleveland go with him; Pellew's fury over the duel leads him to appoint Hornblower as commander of Simpson's former division. Hornblower's decision to place his trust in them and refusal to permit the laziness and unruly behavior fostered by Simpson, as well as his capability in battle and concern for their ...
"The Duel" is a work of short fiction by Joseph Conrad, first published in The Pall Mall Magazine in January–May, 1908. The story was collected in A Set of Six (1908) released by Methuen Publishing. [1] It was adapted as the 1977 film The Duellists, directed by Ridley Scott.