- 名称：The_Point_of_Honor
- 作者：Joseph Conrad
- 状态：完结
- 播音：Mark F. Smith
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The_Point_of_Honor
- SetduringtheNapoleonicWars,thisstoryfeaturestwoFrenchHussarofficers,D'HubertandFeraud.Theirquarreloveraninitiallyminorincidentturnsintoabitter,long-drawnoutstruggleoverthefollowingfifteenyears,interwovenwiththelargerconflictthatprovidesitsbackdrop.Atthebeginning,Feraudistheonewhojealouslyguardshishonorandrepeatedlydemandssatisfactionanewwhenaduellingencounterendsinconclusively;heaggressivelypursueseveryopportunitytolocateandduelhisfoe.Asthestoryprogresses,D'Hubertalsofindshimselfcaughtupinthecontest,unabletobackdownorwalkaway.ThisConradshortstoryevidentlyhasitsgenesisintherealduelsthattwoFrenchHussarofficersfoughtintheNapoleonicera.TheirnameswereDupontandFournier,whichConraddisguisedslightly,changingDupontintoD'HubertandFournierintoFeraud.In1977,itwasturnedintoamovie,"TheDuellists",starringKeithCarradineandHarveyKeitel……
