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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... give him an extension . He then went on to boast that he wanted : to do an unprecedented and unconventional thing : write 30 signatures [ i.e. 480 printed pages ] in four months , in two different novels , of which I'll work on one in ...
... give him an extension . He then went on to boast that he wanted : to do an unprecedented and unconventional thing : write 30 signatures [ i.e. 480 printed pages ] in four months , in two different novels , of which I'll work on one in ...
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... give potted histories of characters he already knows or explain events that he does understand . And thus the first paragraph introduces seven characters , some by name , others are merely described ( ' Mezentsov , the little Frenchman ...
... give potted histories of characters he already knows or explain events that he does understand . And thus the first paragraph introduces seven characters , some by name , others are merely described ( ' Mezentsov , the little Frenchman ...
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... gives me pause for thought . ' Indeed , the contents range from articles on literature and sketches of literary acquaintances to essays on national and international politics . And there was even one genuine short story published in the ...
... gives me pause for thought . ' Indeed , the contents range from articles on literature and sketches of literary acquaintances to essays on national and international politics . And there was even one genuine short story published in the ...
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... gives a detailed account of his disreputable neighbour - a retired captain , whom he accuses of begging on Nevsky Prospekt and who entertains his drunken friends at all hours , frightening the landlady and a lady lodger and her three ...
... gives a detailed account of his disreputable neighbour - a retired captain , whom he accuses of begging on Nevsky Prospekt and who entertains his drunken friends at all hours , frightening the landlady and a lady lodger and her three ...
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... evocations of a Golden Age in Dostoyevsky's other works , for example , Stavrogin's confession in Demons . The darkness that has dominated the story from the very beginning gives way to light, but the Ridiculous Man has.
... evocations of a Golden Age in Dostoyevsky's other works , for example , Stavrogin's confession in Demons . The darkness that has dominated the story from the very beginning gives way to light, but the Ridiculous Man has.
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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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