Duel

The story of Kuprin's Duel is one of the most poignant and dramatic works of classical Russian literature from the beginning of the last century. Step by step, the story of the hopeless existence of the still very young officer Romashov unfolds before the reader, suffocating in the stifling atmosphere of a garrison town, with its vulgar gossip and marital infidelities, boredom, and relentless drunkenness. In an atmosphere where even his pure and bright love for a young woman, who stands out among her bourgeois surroundings, can only lead to rather sad consequences… The collection also includes stories from different years: Night Shift, In the Barracks, Wedding, The One-Armed Commandant.