The Schoolmistress and Other Stories

Anton Chekhov

The Bet opens with an argument about punishment and turns it into a wager. An unnamed guest’s confident claim differs from the narrator’s later image of a reader clutching wreckage. Read both sections and their consequences in this checked Garnett translation, rather than treating the opening opinions as direct advice.

Who it suits

Readers interested in judgement, confinement, learning and the consequences of abstract arguments.

Reading experience

Moderate to demanding; older language and stories involving isolation, distress and difficult choices. This is an Edsverb editorial guide, not a measured reading score.

The edition

Edition

Constance Garnett English translation; From the Tales of Chekhov, Volume 9; Project Gutenberg eBook 1732; underlying print publisher unspecified

Language

English

Translator

Constance Garnett

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