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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... hand at historical drama without success. 1842 Gogol's Dead Souls. Promoted to second lieutenant. 1843 Graduates from the Academy. Attached to St Petersburg Army Engineering Corps. Translates Balzac's Eugénie Grandet. 1844 Resigns his ...
... hand at historical drama without success. 1842 Gogol's Dead Souls. Promoted to second lieutenant. 1843 Graduates from the Academy. Attached to St Petersburg Army Engineering Corps. Translates Balzac's Eugénie Grandet. 1844 Resigns his ...
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... hand, seem to be losing their Russianness, which is best exemplified by Polina, the professed object of the narrator's passion, who has forgone her Russian name, Praskovya, for a more European-sounding equivalent. Or the minor character ...
... hand, seem to be losing their Russianness, which is best exemplified by Polina, the professed object of the narrator's passion, who has forgone her Russian name, Praskovya, for a more European-sounding equivalent. Or the minor character ...
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... 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 a femme fatale, and that during the ...
... 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 a femme fatale, and that during the ...
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... hand, he vows to be her slave, on the other, he ignores her, mistrusts her and, most importantly, misunderstands her. In fact, he admits that Polina 'had always been something of a mystery for me'. Significantly, when he is gambling ...
... hand, he vows to be her slave, on the other, he ignores her, mistrusts her and, most importantly, misunderstands her. In fact, he admits that Polina 'had always been something of a mystery for me'. Significantly, when he is gambling ...
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... hand a letter that had evidently been written long ago, sealed and all ready to go.' Whether we are to assume that Nastenka copied the manoeuvre from Rossini or whether this represents the spontaneous strategy of a young girl in love ...
... hand a letter that had evidently been written long ago, sealed and all ready to go.' Whether we are to assume that Nastenka copied the manoeuvre from Rossini or whether this represents the spontaneous strategy of a young girl in love ...
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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