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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... already been uttered a thousand times in all the Russian society novels.' His actions and speech take their cue from books – everything he sees and experiences is filtered through literature. But he does spring into action here and ...
... already been uttered a thousand times in all the Russian society novels.' His actions and speech take their cue from books – everything he sees and experiences is filtered through literature. But he does spring into action here and ...
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... already said that for three whole days I was tormented with anxiety until I guessed the reason for it. And on the street I was in a bad way (this one's gone, that one's gone, where's so-andso got to?) – and I wasn't myself at home ...
... already said that for three whole days I was tormented with anxiety until I guessed the reason for it. And on the street I was in a bad way (this one's gone, that one's gone, where's so-andso got to?) – and I wasn't myself at home ...
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... already made such strides in my new, special sort of discovery that I could already unerringly identify on the basis of appearance alone where their dacha was located. The residents of Kamenny and Aptekarsky islands or the Peterhof Road ...
... already made such strides in my new, special sort of discovery that I could already unerringly identify on the basis of appearance alone where their dacha was located. The residents of Kamenny and Aptekarsky islands or the Peterhof Road ...
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... already completely succeeded, as was my wont, in forgetting where I was, when I suddenly found myself at the city gates. I cheered up in an instant, and stepped to the other side of the barrier, walked between the sown fields and the ...
... already completely succeeded, as was my wont, in forgetting where I was, when I suddenly found myself at the city gates. I cheered up in an instant, and stepped to the other side of the barrier, walked between the sown fields and the ...
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... already struck ten o'clock as I approached my apartment. My path ran along the embankment of the canal,8 where at that hour you will not find a living soul. True, I live in a very remote part of the city. I was walking and singing ...
... already struck ten o'clock as I approached my apartment. My path ran along the embankment of the canal,8 where at that hour you will not find a living soul. True, I live in a very remote part of the city. I was walking and singing ...
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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