The Duel and Selected Stories - Alexander Kuprin - 1961 Signet Classics Paperback Edition Jim Gurney It is the first of

It is the first of four books set in the fictional Hyperion universe

a famous fat boy

on this richly-tinted sea

when chaperones are unnecessary at balls and dances

the wife of a revolutionary

The Duel and Selected Stories - Alexander Kuprin - 1961 Signet Classics Paperback Edition Jim Gurney It is the first ofCondition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Blurb: "The frenzied, often fatal, attempts of sensitive men to escape their pointless rounds in the cities, garrisons, andfar flung reaches of Tsarist Russia are the central theme of The Duel and these selected stories." Translated by Andrew W. MacAndrew Cover art: Unknown