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The Question and Answer section for The Bet is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
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C. Greed and impulsive decisions can lead to huge consequences.
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B. “‘To-morrow at twelve o’clock he will regain his freedom. By our agreement I ought to pay him two million. If I do pay him, it is all over with me: I shall be utterly...
Self-discovery through books is a main theme. During his imprisonment, the prisoner uses books as a means of coping without human interaction. He finds solace in knowledge, and, more generally, in learning. The story can thus be read as something...
The Bet is a short-story by Anton Chekov. The primary conflict driving the narrative is good, old-fashioned man-versus-man in the form of the competition of banker-versus-lawyer. Chekhov uses the beginning of the story to foreshadow the end, and a...
