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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... Polina, the professed object of the narrator's passion, who has forgone her Russian name, Praskovya, for a more ... Polina a gruff kindness ('I could love you, Praskovya'); in fact, before leaving Roulettenburg she asks Polina to come ...
... Polina, the professed object of the narrator's passion, who has forgone her Russian name, Praskovya, for a more ... Polina a gruff kindness ('I could love you, Praskovya'); in fact, before leaving Roulettenburg she asks Polina to come ...
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... had ample first - hand knowledge of risk - taking and the ' poetry ' of gambling . The fact that Alexey Ivanovich believes himself to be in love with the general's stepdaughter, Polina, whom he regards, for some reason, as.
... had ample first - hand knowledge of risk - taking and the ' poetry ' of gambling . The fact that Alexey Ivanovich believes himself to be in love with the general's stepdaughter, Polina, whom he regards, for some reason, as.
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... (Polina) Suslova, particularly as it played out during their travels abroad. Dostoyevsky travelled with Suslova in Europe (France, Italy and Germany) on more than one occasion, attempting, by and large unsuccessfully, to satisfy his ...
... (Polina) Suslova, particularly as it played out during their travels abroad. Dostoyevsky travelled with Suslova in Europe (France, Italy and Germany) on more than one occasion, attempting, by and large unsuccessfully, to satisfy his ...
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... Polina is wrong. While, on the one hand, he vows to be her slave, on the other, he ignores her, mistrusts her and, most importantly, misunderstands her. In fact, he admits that Polina 'had always been something of a mystery for me ...
... Polina is wrong. While, on the one hand, he vows to be her slave, on the other, he ignores her, mistrusts her and, most importantly, misunderstands her. In fact, he admits that Polina 'had always been something of a mystery for me ...
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... Polina . His second time at the tables he loses everything he had won . And yet , as he tells her in Chapter 5 : ' I am still absolutely certain that I will win . I'll even confess to you that you have just raised a question for me ...
... Polina . His second time at the tables he loses everything he had won . And yet , as he tells her in Chapter 5 : ' I am still absolutely certain that I will win . I'll even confess to you that you have just raised a question for me ...
المحتوى
A Christmas Party and a Wedding | |
A Nasty Business | |
The Gambler | |
Bobok | |
The Meek | |
The Dream of a Ridiculous | |
Notes | |
Appendices | |
Table of Ranks | |
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