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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... girl leaning against a railing of the canal. He hears what he believes to be a muffled sob. As he writes, 'I turned ... girl from the unwanted attentions of the teetering, drunken gentleman pursuing her. The Dreamer and the girl agree to ...
... girl leaning against a railing of the canal. He hears what he believes to be a muffled sob. As he writes, 'I turned ... girl from the unwanted attentions of the teetering, drunken gentleman pursuing her. The Dreamer and the girl agree to ...
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... girl in love, it manifests Nastenka's resolve, as opposed to the Dreamer's passivity. For that matter packing her bundle and making her way to the lodger's room had been a risky step for a young girl. Such a move turns out badly in ...
... girl in love, it manifests Nastenka's resolve, as opposed to the Dreamer's passivity. For that matter packing her bundle and making her way to the lodger's room had been a risky step for a young girl. Such a move turns out badly in ...
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... girl, about sixteen years old, who is being pursued on the embankment by a gentleman (Part I, Chapter 4), or the little girl who appeals to the narrator in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' (1877). Dostoyevsky's 'A Christmas Party and a ...
... girl, about sixteen years old, who is being pursued on the embankment by a gentleman (Part I, Chapter 4), or the little girl who appeals to the narrator in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' (1877). Dostoyevsky's 'A Christmas Party and a ...
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... girl to be of marriageable age. It does indeed seem that his motive for courting the poor girl is not lechery per se, but greed. But clearly that is of little consolation to the poor girl, who in the second part arrives at her wedding ...
... girl to be of marriageable age. It does indeed seem that his motive for courting the poor girl is not lechery per se, but greed. But clearly that is of little consolation to the poor girl, who in the second part arrives at her wedding ...
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... girl, a seamstress, had thrown herself out of a fourth-floor window – 'because she was absolutely unable to find enough work to support herself'. It was noted as well that she jumped and fell to the ground, holding an icon in her hands ...
... girl, a seamstress, had thrown herself out of a fourth-floor window – 'because she was absolutely unable to find enough work to support herself'. It was noted as well that she jumped and fell to the ground, holding an icon in her hands ...
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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