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Anton Chekhov

Russian Empire

Short story

14 January 1889

One of the main purposes of the story was to show that Anton Chekhov's opinion, “the death penalty is more humane than imprisonment for life”, and he did this by using these ideas throughout the story.

The banker's money, Books, The Gospel, Piano

The Meaning of Life.
Greed, Corruption, and Idealism.
Imprisonment and Freedom.
Christianity.

The story has four characters: a party guest, a watchman, a lawyer, and a banker. The lawyer and the banker are the two main characters.