Send us a textRon Reads narrates Anton Chekhov's thought-provoking short story "The Bet," a tale of an impulsive wager between a wealthy banker and a young lawyer about whether fifteen years of voluntary imprisonment is preferable to death.• Wealthy banker hosts a party where guests debate the morality of capital punishment versus life imprisonment• Young lawyer accepts banker's wager of two million rubles that he can't remain in solitary confinement for fifteen years• Prisoner evolves through stages of entertainment, classical study, religious contemplation, and finally transcendent wisdom• Banker loses his fortune and contemplates murdering the prisoner to avoid paying the debt• Prisoner's final letter renounces worldly possessions and knowledge, calling all earthly pursuits meaningless• Prisoner escapes five minutes before the deadline, rejecting the money and leaving the banker in shamePlease like and subscribe, leave us a five-star rating and write us a review. I would love to read what you have to say.Support the showhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2466013/support

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