The Duel (;
Poedinok) is a novel by Russian author
Aleksandr Kuprin published in 1905. It is generally considered his best work; even though Kuprin's 1896 short story
Moloch first made his name known as a writer it was
The Duel (1905) which made him famous. Because of it "Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including
Anton Chekhov,
Maxim Gorky,
Leonid Andreyev, Nobel Prize-winning
Ivan Bunin" and
Leo Tolstoy who acclaimed him a true successor to Chekhov.