Download or read book The Bet and Other Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bet and Other Stories is a collection of short stories about Russian society by famous playwright Anton Chekhov. The first short tale, "The Bet," is about a banker and a young lawyer who make a bet with each other following a conversation about whether the death penalty is better or worse than life in prison.