{"product_id":"the-duel-paperback-by-alexander-kuprin","title":"The Duel Paperback by Alexander Kuprin","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eMelville House\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2011-08-16)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e304\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781935554523\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e317.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e17.53 x 12.7 x 2.26\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer mourth was almost pressed against his, and her words were like  quick, hurried kisses: \"You must absolutely go through with the duel  tomorrow.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis rediscovered gem by a major, yet neglected,  writer — here presented in a dazzling new translation — is an absorbing  account of the final days of Czarist Russia.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn absorbing  saga about the brutalities of military life upon its own soldiers.  Stranded at a distant outpost, young Romashov finds himself obliged to  fight a duel — over something he realizes is meaningless. As the novel  hurtles toward a startling conclusion, it reveals itself to be a  luminous depiction of the end of an era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThis Is A Melville House “HybridBook”\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHybridBooks are a union of print and electronic media: Purchasers of this print edition also receive \u003cb\u003eIlluminations\u003c\/b\u003e—additional curated material that expand the world of Kuprin's novella through text and illustrations—at no additional charge. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e To obtain the Illuminations for \u003ci\u003eThe Duel \u003c\/i\u003eby\u003cb\u003e Alexander Kuprin\u003c\/b\u003e, simply scan the QR code (or follow a url) found at the back of the print book, which leads to a page where you can download a file for your preferred electronic reading device.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Illuminations\" \u003c\/b\u003econtains writings by Leo Tolstoy - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Alexander Pushkin - Rudyard Kipling - Abraham Yarmolinsky - Ivan Turgenev - Anton Chekhov - Anton Chekhov - Mikhail Lermontov - Alexandre Dumas - Thomas Hardy - Emily Dickinson - Rudolphe Raspe - Emily Dickinson and short stories by O. Henry, Guy de Maupassant and Alexander Kuprin.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Illustrations include: Victor Adams - Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour - Valery Ivanovich Jacoby - Eugene Delacroix and others.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Also included is \u003cb\u003eThe Duelist’s Supplement – “The Other Duel: Fiction and Poetry Concerning Duels\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Kuprin\u003c\/b\u003e (1870–1938) was a Russian writer, pilot, explorer, and adventurer who was dubbed the “true successor to Chekhov” by Tolstoy, and the “Russian Kipling” by Vladimir Nabokov.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJoshua Billings\u003c\/b\u003e’ translation of Pushkin’s \u003ci\u003eTales of Belkin\u003c\/i\u003e is available in the Art of the Novella series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556632875169,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781935554523","price":13.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781935554523.jpg?v=1781823229","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-duel-paperback-by-alexander-kuprin","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}