Question

Russian authors love to write about duels! For 10 points each:
[10e] After giving a toast to beautiful women, Dolokhov is challenged to a duel by Pierre Bezhukov in this author’s extremely long novel about Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, War and Peace.
ANSWER: Leo Tolstoy [accept Lev Nikoleyevich Tolstoi]
[10h] In this novel, the nihilistic Yevegny Bazarov duels Pavel Kirsanov as a result of flirting with the servant Fenitchtka (“feh-NEECH-ka”). Also in this novel, Bazarov dies from typhus shortly after conducting an autopsy.
ANSWER: Fathers and Sons
[10m] The title character of this verse novel by Alexander Pushkin dances with Olga at her name day celebration, leading to a duel in which he kills Lensky.
ANSWER: Eugene Onegin (“oh-NAY-gin”)
<Literature - European Literature - Long Fiction>

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