The Gambler and Other StoriesPenguin UK, 01/07/2010 - 432 من الصفحات The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life - indeed, 'The Gambler', a story of a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General, was written under a strict deadline so he could pay off his roulette debts. This volume includes 'Bobok', the tale of a frustrated writer visiting a cemetery and enjoying the gossip of the dead; 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man', the story of one man's plan to commit suicide and the troubling dream that follows, as well as 'A Christmas Party and a Wedding', 'A Nasty Story' and 'The Meek One'. |
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... Petersburg, graduating with officer's rank. His first novel to be published, Poor Folk (1846), was a great success. In 1849 he was arrested and sentenced to death for participating in the Petrashevsky Circle; he was reprieved at the ...
... Petersburg, graduating with officer's rank. His first novel to be published, Poor Folk (1846), was a great success. In 1849 he was arrested and sentenced to death for participating in the Petrashevsky Circle; he was reprieved at the ...
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... Petersburg. 1838 Enters the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering as an army cadet (Mikhail is not admitted to the Academy). 1839 Father dies, perhaps murdered by serfs on his estate. 1840 Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time. 1841 ...
... Petersburg. 1838 Enters the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering as an army cadet (Mikhail is not admitted to the Academy). 1839 Father dies, perhaps murdered by serfs on his estate. 1840 Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time. 1841 ...
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... return to live in European Russia. (December) The Dostoyevskys return to St Petersburg. The Village of Stepanchikovo and its Inhabitants and Uncle's Dream published. 1861 (19 February) Emancipation of serfs. Mikhail starts a new.
... return to live in European Russia. (December) The Dostoyevskys return to St Petersburg. The Village of Stepanchikovo and its Inhabitants and Uncle's Dream published. 1861 (19 February) Emancipation of serfs. Mikhail starts a new.
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... Petersburg with his wife and family. Birth of son, Fyodor. 1871–2 Serial publication of Demons. 1873 Becomes contributing editor of conservative weekly journal Grazhdanin (Citizen), where his A Writer's Diary is published as a regular ...
... Petersburg with his wife and family. Birth of son, Fyodor. 1871–2 Serial publication of Demons. 1873 Becomes contributing editor of conservative weekly journal Grazhdanin (Citizen), where his A Writer's Diary is published as a regular ...
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... Petersburg – his 'system' had let him down again, as it would for many more years to come, until he suddenly quit gambling for good in 1871.10 Alexey, like Dostoyevsky, cannot quit while he is ahead. Winning a fortune is not the object ...
... Petersburg – his 'system' had let him down again, as it would for many more years to come, until he suddenly quit gambling for good in 1871.10 Alexey, like Dostoyevsky, cannot quit while he is ahead. Winning a fortune is not the object ...
المحتوى
CHAPTER 9 | |
CHAPTER 10 | |
CHAPTER 11 | |
CHAPTER 12 | |
CHAPTER 13 | |
CHAPTER 14 | |
CHAPTER 15 | |
CHAPTER 16 | |
NASTENKAS STORY | |
THE THIRD NIGHT | |
THE FOURTH NIGHT | |
MORNING | |
A CHRISTMAS PARTY AND A WEDDING | |
A NASTY BUSINESS | |
THE GAMBLER | |
CHAPTER 2 | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
CHAPTER 6 | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
CHAPTER 8 | |
CHAPTER 17 | |
BOBOK | |
THE MEEK ONE | |
THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN | |
II | |
III | |
IV | |
V | |
Notes | |
Appendix II Table of Ranks | |
Appendix III A Note about Money in The Gambler | |
ROUBLES AND THALERS | |
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