The Bet by Anton Chekhov | Short Story
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- The Bet by Anton Chekhov
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That was fascinating. That's life, you wonder who is free and who is the prisoner. Hearing my first Chekov story here today.
Dude wtf
I suppose you haven't even read or listened to The Bet,
or maybe you're a child.
Say something else and enlighten us instead of typing "dude wtf" on a video and comment section like this please 🤔
Ian McKellen was on radio 2 today, Checkhov and William Shakespeare are his favourites! I'm listening to Chekhov for the first time today too!
This is my first Antov Chekov's short stories and I have made it my mission to sift through all the stories available on youtube. Thank you for this upload, it was incredible.
I consider this a perfect short story in a very sincere and legitimate sense.
Absolutely timeless. It takes place almost in abstraction, platonically.
@@11kravitzn so true
My brother told me this story many years ago, who in turn heard it from my father. It is my favourite fictitious story of all time. My eyes welled- up the first time I ever heard it.
“You’re mad! And gone the wrong way. You take falsehood for truth and ugliness for beauty.” Couldn’t be more accurate!
A wise man once said, "There are fates worse than death".
The Bet is undoubtedly the most meaningful and realistic story I've ever read.
This story was actually on our school curriculum. We studied the story in 10 grade.
This story has captivated my soul.
The part of Lawyer spending his time in prison is what intrigued me the most.
I kinda have the same situation, Since I have been stuck here since ages.
We are learning this in 8th grade
This is why I love literature, so much thought provoking, morale changing potential
ICSE student
This is a story which speaks volumes about human nature. This pandemic has shown me how well I am able to relate with the story. So many million times I have felt that we can lead a humble and simple life in synchrony with nature, I want to live without fear, that seems to be the priority now. I didn't ever thank God when he allowed me to move around without fear. Now I am thinking of several ways by which I can lead a harmonious life. The ending of this story is a bit strange, someone who is enlightened can always be truthful even if he broke the bet and decided to forego the money.
Maybe that is an argument for the importance of real and meaningful moments. He achieved enlightment with his brain by reading about everything but his heart grew dark due to his isolation. I think he wouldn't live long after his escape. Or he would live among the people as an observer as he was used to reading his books, not being able to understand how important it is to experience "flawed" moments and feel "flawed" emotions.
Great narration! I could see the visual when I listen to it
I read this in my sophomore year. A beautiful story. I have a book of his short stories compilations. Highly recommend.
Same here I also read it my 2nd year
I read "The Proposal " by Chekhov in my high school.
I remember reading this story and other good short stories such as this one in junior high brings back memories.
An absolutely brilliant story. Thank you for sharing this. 🙏💕
Oo that's what did in lockdown ! Started loving myself more , studied books , achieving high mental clarity and many more
I did this too. I think many of us around the world did, because there was as insurgence of people quitting their corporate jobs.
No ads! Wow 👍👍
I was expecting the prisoner to trick the banker and stay the rest of the time! Seems I'm too used to twist endings...
My first Anton Chekov story
Great story. Loved every minute.
At first I thought the man had died after writing the final letter.
loved the narrator
Thank you very much
Can anyone tell me the name of this narrator so i can find some of his other works too..sir you have the most soothing voice ..thank you
Alan Davis Drake
Alan Davis Drake...he declares himself at the very end of this recording. 😊
tohu there is a channel called Unexplained Mysteries the narrator usually is softly spoken and his voice can help you go to sleep sometimes .
... some of his videos are more soft-spoken than others .
I don't know if you would like the subject matter sometimes I don't listen to them but he does have a wonderfully soft and soothing voice ... plus the added bonus is he has an English accent .
I just went back to the Unexplained Mysteries Channel and was very surprised to notice that some of his most recent videos uploaded around June 8th and 9th he is not talking softly but instead is louder and and speaking more quickly , sounding like most everybody else .
But like I said if you look around you will notice the majority of his videos his voice is wonderful and very soothing and also good for relaxing and getting sleepy
@@gardensofthegods haha thank you
I listened this tale in an podcast once. That ending impressed me at the time. ^^
9:01 begins part 2
What a beautiful explanation 👌 it was full off suspense.
I love this, one of my most favourite short stories
The narrator sounds like one of the oblivion npc, like the nord men or something? Can't unhear
Also, this story reminds me of when I was a teenager, I agreed to eat a whole habañero pepper for a free beer. Well, once I'd chewed and swallowed the pepper and took the first swig of beer, it foamed so badly in my stomach that I couldn't and didn't want to drink it.
Wall hall fall sounded very new yorkish! lol im not complaining im from ronkonkoma long island
Thank you!
That was amazing well read thanks🤙🤙🤙🤙
Voluntary confinement - i remember a character from One Few Over Cuckoo's Nest. Jack Nicholson is surprised to hear that some came into the asylum voluntarily.
شكرا لجهودكم اعشق كتابات الرائع تشيخوف
I swear there was a twilight zone episode just like this
Ah I was right, it’s titled “the silence”
Loved the story 😃😄😄
I remember reading this in 6th grade and then seeing the Twilight Zone adaptation. I often think of this story when I watch the misdirected greedy people.
Awesome 😎
Capital punishment vrs. Life
Interesting series of events.
I SAW a twilight zone like this,
3 min in and somehow i know this story. Still, I forget the ending.... this must’ve been in a book of short stories.
With all the money and the knowledge he had acquired over the years - what could he have achieved!
Whoooosh
doing this for school lol
the Russians are really a different people, i wonder which planet or universe they’re from.
I believe that that is easily contested. I respect the idea of knowledge and understanding as well as the lack of pride. But if this man even had half of what I want to be as far as good, with me wanting to be a whole hero and had he lived those experiences versus read about them. Then I believe his real enemy would be death.
A wise man once said, better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all.
I'd be happy with a decent vehicle right now
Wt is ur opinion on this story??can any one??
Main Character volunteers 15yrs imprisonment over the proposed 5. Why??? Audiences neither like nor respect a fool. A total no-no had it been written today.
Imagine if the lawyer had the internet though
❤️
You saved my butt
This might have been interesting in the original
With no food / meals, I’m surprised he lasted a week 😛.
awesome
I wonder if the author of Attack on Titan read this
👍👍👍
Caprice..grasping ..whining..dark and cloud ..groped..struck a match ..stirred ..motionless ..smother suffused
..glimmered ..frail..contempt..
I don't get it?
Basically, the lawyer learned from isolation and all the stories he read that the possessions of this world are pretty much meaningless compared to wisdom and knowledge like what he found in his "cell". So, he ended up not caring about the 2 million, knowing it would not make him happy compared to the stories he read. So he wasn't killed by the banker, and the previously rich man learned from the lawyer.
Why can't I play it in PiP
Does not match the original written version.
Melinda Skarren it depends on what translation you have. The original was written in Russian
I dont get it
Same
he became a weeb.
@@s.toctopusn248 better 😁
Someone explains it in a reply to a previous comment that had your exact words "I don't get it".
The comments are the story. I heard the story once but then I was dead.
Looks to me like Capitol punishment is the way to go then. He will never see humans as human again. To a dangerous criminal that ALREADY DOESN'T think that way. Well...what do you think?
Enlighten me please. I really mean it, as I don't find "The Bet" entertaining, insightful or profound. Given it's enduring for so long, I must be missing quite a bit. Here are the thins that bother me. First, offered "two millions" for 5 years of prison, he counters with 15 years with no additional benefit. Moronic seems charitable. Inconceivable is a better description, which detracted greatly from the story for me. At the end he decides that living life isn't important, that reading about experiences is reality. That shows he went insane. Yet even insane, why would someone walk away from wealth that would allow him to do whatever he wanted for the rest of his life, even if it was just to buy books and read in peace. There must be some deep message here, but what I'm getting is that two people made a bet that had no upside for the banker, and the cost of winning for the lawyer was the prime of his life to be rich for his older years, not a good deal. When he finally wins, the lawyer, who had added 10 years to his sentence for nothing, then refuses the winnings. People doing things against their own self interest for no purpose makes for a useless story for me. Again, I sincerely would love to learn what I'm missing.
Thought the same. The Main Character is a fool and Chekhov tries too hard to be profound. Life's lessons are of greater importance than money and all that hooey. Lousy moral
yo bet
He's loosing his mind
If she smacks her lips one more time!!!!😤😤😤😤😫😫😫
Hw
No
It was so boring
It was a bit slow, but not boring. Depends on your taste. If I had read this a year ago I would've though it was lame.
It's not boring. It depends on what you like and you don't.
It was a lousy story
YOU are lousy. Don't like the story? Vote it down and move on. No need to share your negativity with the world.
@@WorldCitizen333 agreed man, he needs to just leave and move on
@@WorldCitizen333 take it easy man , I just gave my opinion about a lousy story
@@xGenysis hey sidekick you too take it easy
@@Historelic sidekick? Pffffff, think again