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Soundbook: The Bet by Anton Chekhov Dead Air
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- Language Learning
Short story The Bet, part of our Soundbook collection.
The tale sees a banker recalling a dinner party some 15 years previous in which he entered into an extraordinary bet with a young lawyer. After a passionate conversation on capital punishment the lawyer concludes he would prefer life imprisonment to death. The banker offered him 2 million Roubles if he could withstand 15 years of such isolation.
A B2 worksheet to accompany this story is available on our website here
An accompanying article including the full text in downloadable PDF is available on our website here
A biography of Chekhov can be found on our website here
Music: Autumn Leaves by Maarten Schellekens
Short story The Bet, part of our Soundbook collection.
The tale sees a banker recalling a dinner party some 15 years previous in which he entered into an extraordinary bet with a young lawyer. After a passionate conversation on capital punishment the lawyer concludes he would prefer life imprisonment to death. The banker offered him 2 million Roubles if he could withstand 15 years of such isolation.
A B2 worksheet to accompany this story is available on our website here
An accompanying article including the full text in downloadable PDF is available on our website here
A biography of Chekhov can be found on our website here
Music: Autumn Leaves by Maarten Schellekens
17 min