The Bet

The Bet: Short story by Anton ChekhovThis story by Anton Chekhov is about a bet between a wealthy banker and young lawyer. It all started with a discussion about capital punishment (killing people as punishment for serious crimes). The banker claimed that the death penalty was kinder than life in prison; the lawyer disagreed. To prove his point, the banker bet the lawyer a lot of money that he couldn’t survive being locked up for fifteen years with minimal contact with the outside world. At the end of the fifteen years the banker was much wiser but also much poorer… but not from losing the bet.

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