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Thank you! I have been searching (intermittently) for this for years, but did not remember the author, nor was I sure of the title. I was first introduced to

Thank you! I have been searching (intermittently) for this for years, but did not remember the author, nor was I sure of the title. I was first introduced to it in junior high school as a short film, and it left a lasting impression on me. And being heavily shortened, the film left much to my imagination. I like my version better than Chekov's, but that seems to be the same as liking the book better than the movie (although, technically a reversal, in this case). Ah, imagination.

andreyf 16y ago
What was different about the version left to your imagination?
- raintrees 16y ago
  Not as many threads/dilemmas. A bet between two people, that one of them will stay secluded in a house with provisions/materials/etc. provided by written request. The confined person showed stages of mental/social evolution: lackadaisical behavior, then alcohol abuse/raging/abject misery, then (my favorite) a sobering up and re-awakened thirst for knowledge. When the confined is finally spoken to, he almost dismisses his first human contact in years as intrusive/annoying. This says quite a bit about me, doesn't it? :)