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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... fact, before leaving Roulettenburg she asks Polina to come live with her in Russia. Finally, though she does succumb to the temptation of roulette and gambles away all of the considerable money that she's brought with her from Russia ...
... fact, before leaving Roulettenburg she asks Polina to come live with her in Russia. Finally, though she does succumb to the temptation of roulette and gambles away all of the considerable money that she's brought with her from Russia ...
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... Dostoyevsky 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.
... Dostoyevsky 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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... fact, he admits that Polina 'had always been something of a mystery for me'. Significantly, when he is gambling, ostensibly for her sake, while she waits for him in his room, he acknowledges several times: 'I don't remember whether I ...
... fact, he admits that Polina 'had always been something of a mystery for me'. Significantly, when he is gambling, ostensibly for her sake, while she waits for him in his room, he acknowledges several times: 'I don't remember whether I ...
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... fact that I knew that this exclamation had 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 ...
... fact that I knew that this exclamation had 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 ...
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... fact , after his lengthy ' introduction ' , Nastenka observes that it sounds as though he were reading from a book and suggests that perhaps he could tell it ' less splendidly ' . But that's just the point . The Dreamer lives in ...
... fact , after his lengthy ' introduction ' , Nastenka observes that it sounds as though he were reading from a book and suggests that perhaps he could tell it ' less splendidly ' . But that's just the point . The Dreamer lives in ...
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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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