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_Teleshov was born in 1867 and studied at the Moscow Academy of Applied
Sciences. He started on his literary career in 1884 and met with almost
immediate recognition._
_In his choice of subjects, as well as in the strong objective way in
which he treats them, Teleshov is a disciple of Anton Chekhov, and his
affinity with that great artist has been pointed out by the foremost
Russian critics._
_Unlike some of the other younger Russian writers, Teleshov is wholly
sound, sympathetic, and gentle in his writings. He takes his subjects
wherever he can most easily lay his hand upon them--in the petty, gray,
every-day life of the tradesman or from among the loose, unrestrained
half-Bohemianism which is found in every great city._
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THE DUEL
BY NIKOLAI TELESHOV
Translated by Lizzie B. Gorin. Copyright, 1907,
by P. F. Collier & Son.