Product details
- ASIN
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B0105WER42 - Publisher
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HarperPerennial Classics (July 7, 2015) - Publication date
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July 7, 2015 - Language
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English - File size
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339 KB - Text-to-Speech
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Enabled - Screen Reader
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Supported - Enhanced typesetting
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Enabled - X-Ray
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Not Enabled - Word Wise
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Enabled - Sticky notes
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On Kindle Scribe - Print length
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73 pages - Page numbers source ISBN
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1976471125
- Best Sellers Rank: #614,749 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #701 in Literary Short Stories
- #1,945 in Classic Literary Fiction
- #4,804 in Two-Hour Literature & Fiction Short Reads
- Customer Reviews:
CM Thompson –
This classic should be read by all; and if you have a pre-teen or teenaged loved one, they should read it too!
Mapevol –
His eye’s could now see true life and love, Jesus the life, truth and way. There is no other way and no other relationship.
swade johnson –
Talked some students about reading this back in high school and seen it was cheap and bought it they loved it
Richard M Edwards –
Personally, I think that this is the best short story that I have ever read, comparable even to some of Poe’s masterpieces.
Katharine M –
All teenagers should read this story and revisit it years later. Amazing how one’s outlook changes with age.
Kris –
A great five minute read. A banker bets a lawyer 2 million that he can’t stay imprisoned for 15 years. The lawyer can have wine, tobacco and books while in an enclosed room in the banker’s house. Download the story and see what happens.
BigDee –
I have always wanted to read The Bet after someone told me that one of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone episodes was loosely based on this story of the same name. Glad I read it. Totally different ending. Still messed up though….
ALIKAT –
This was my first time reading Anton Chekhov, and what a story. What you do for two million dollars? Is it worth your freedom? This is explored in this story, along with grappling with the pursuit of knowledge and its futility (?)…that is up for debate. Will re-read.
Frank Donnelly –
I completely enjoyed this audiobook narration. I did read along on a kindle copy. The two copies were very similar but not identical. Both were great.Another reviewer stated the story leaves the reader with more questions. I agree with that. There is so much to contemplate here. I will relisten to this story.If one chooses to read this story and likes it as I do, one might consider “Misery” by the same author. A dark painful story, but very poignant. Both are available on a kindle copy titled “The Schoolmistress and Other Stories”. These are offered on kindle at no cost..Thank You….
Shon Ramey –
Quick read, but well worth it. This book makes you think and challenges your perspective of what is truly important in life.