Indaba ka-Alexander Kuprin "Duel" yanyatheliswa ngo-1905 kuqoqo elithi "Ulwazi". Inikezelwe kuMaxim Gorky. Lo msebenzi awuzange uqaphele futhi ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu wathandwa kakhulu emphakathini. Ukudalula impilo yempi yamasosha kanye nezikhulu zangekhulu lama-20 leminyaka - yingakho uPprin wabhala "iDuel". Indaba emfushane yendaba ivumela umfundi ukuba abheke ngokucophelela ukuba khona okungapheli kwamabutho, okuphezu nje kokuhlukunyezwa nokuhlukunyezwa kwezikhulu kanye nokuhlazeka kwamasosha.
"Duel", okuqukethwe okwesikhashana okwaziyo umfundi ngemikhumbi yokuphila kwamasosha ajwayelekile, imvelo yesikhulu kanye nobuhlobo bomuntu siqu bamaqhawe, yaba indaba evezayo mayelana nesistimu yezempi ebolile. Umlingisi oyinhloko nguLieutenant Romashov - umuntu onomusa, othembekile futhi onembile, kodwa imvelo yakhe ishiya okuningi okufunayo. Akanayo ozoxhumana naye, ngoba kunabantu abanobudlova nabangcolile kuphela. Ngokwemvelo yabo, uShurochka ohloniphekile, owazile, ohlakaniphile kuphela, umfazi weLieutenant Nikolaev, uyaphuma. Isithombe sakhe sinobuchwepheshe obukhulu kakhulu ku-Kuprin.
"Duel", okuqukethwe okufushane okubonisa ukuthi ukuphikisana nokuhlukumezeka kwezikhulu kumusa nokuthobeka kukaRomashov, utshela umlingisi oyinhloko othandweni no-Alexander Petrovna. Lo wesifazane awunacala kakhulu njengoba kubonakala. Owesifazane ulungele ukuqamba amanga uma kunenzuzo kuye, akawuthandi umyeni wakhe, kodwa ngenxa yakhe ushiyile umthandi wakhe ngoba nje ufuna impilo engcono. Uthanda uRomashov, kodwa uShuchchka uyaqonda ukuthi uyinkampani engathandeki kuye.
Ngemuva kokuba ummeli-mkhulu ephonsa inkosikazi yakhe, u-Alexandra Petrovna waqala ukuthululela phezu kwazo izincwadi zokungahloniphi izinhlamvu. UNicoyev uvimbela uRomashov ukuba azobavakashela, ukuze angabonisi iShurochka. Kunembile kakhulu futhi ngokucabangela kuchaza imizwa yomlingisi oyinhloko Kuprin. "Duel", isishwankathelo esibonisa ukuthi kubi kangakanani futhi kunesizungu kwakuyi-lieutenant, ngesikhathi esifanayo kuchaza impilo yamasosha ajwayelekile. Ebhekene nokuhlupheka koKhlebnikov ohlazekile futhi oshaywe, uRomashov uyaqonda ukuthi izinkinga zakhe azidingeki.
Ummeli wenkantolo uphatha kahle amasosha akhe, kodwa akukho lutho olwenziwe ngokuhlukumeza kwamanye amaphoyisa, futhi imizwa yakhe ichazwe ngokucacile yiPprin. "Duel", isifinyeto esibonisa ukungahloniphi kwabantu, uhlukanisa uRomashov njengomlingani othandana naye. Kodwa lo muntu ongenamuntu, ngoba akafuni ukushintsha noma yini, kodwa uvumela yonke into ihambe yodwa, igijimela eqinisweni. Akakwazi ukufundisa kabusha izikhulu, ukuvikela amasosha aswele.
Ukugcina kokugcina kwakuyi-duel phakathi kukaNikolaev noRomashov. Ngakho-ke, njengethenteli yesibili, kunzima kakhulu ukuhlala kuleli zwe - yilokho uKoprin ayefuna ukukusho. "Duel", isifinyeto esibonisa konke ukuthembeka nokuthembeka kwe-protagonist, ibhekisela esiteji esisha ekuphileni kukaRomashov, okuya enkundleni yokuhlukumeza nokungabi nabulungisa kwaleli zwe. Eqinisweni, ubuthaka kakhulu futhi unesizungu. ULieutenant wesiBili ukholwa yiShura futhi akazange agijimise isibhamu, ekholelwa ukuthi uNicovyev angeke amdubule, kodwa othandekayo waba yinto yobugovu, ekulungele noma yini ukuze kuzuze yena. U-Romashov ushabalala, engabonakali lutho kuleli zwe elinonya nelingalungile.