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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... Becomes contributing editor of conservative weekly journal Grazhdanin (Citizen), where his A Writer's Diary is published as a regular column. 'Bobok' appears in the issue of 5 February. 1874 Steps down as the editor of the Citizen. 1875 ...
... Becomes contributing editor of conservative weekly journal Grazhdanin (Citizen), where his A Writer's Diary is published as a regular column. 'Bobok' appears in the issue of 5 February. 1874 Steps down as the editor of the Citizen. 1875 ...
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... become his second wife ) arrived at 11:30 on the morning of 4 October to take down in shorthand his new novel , The Gambler . Years later Anna Grigoryevna would recall that the building she had entered resembled Raskolnikov's lodgings ...
... become his second wife ) arrived at 11:30 on the morning of 4 October to take down in shorthand his new novel , The Gambler . Years later Anna Grigoryevna would recall that the building she had entered resembled Raskolnikov's lodgings ...
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... become clear during the course of the novel , but others remain enigmas . For example , who is Mezentsov ? He is never mentioned again . To complicate the picture , The Gambler has been traditionally viewed as Dostoyevsky's most ...
... become clear during the course of the novel , but others remain enigmas . For example , who is Mezentsov ? He is never mentioned again . To complicate the picture , The Gambler has been traditionally viewed as Dostoyevsky's most ...
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... becoming a famous statesman one day , an event that he thinks might even be commemorated by the raising of a monument , ventures to grace the proceedings with his presence . During the rehearsal of his entrance we see that he means to ...
... becoming a famous statesman one day , an event that he thinks might even be commemorated by the raising of a monument , ventures to grace the proceedings with his presence . During the rehearsal of his entrance we see that he means to ...
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... becomes as quiet as the grave . The narrator is incensed by the depravity he has witnessed ' in such a place ' , that is , the corpses are not respecting the sacredness of the environs . But this merely complements the beginning of the ...
... becomes as quiet as the grave . The narrator is incensed by the depravity he has witnessed ' in such a place ' , that is , the corpses are not respecting the sacredness of the environs . But this merely complements the beginning of the ...
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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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