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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... , he walks into the house , the dancing stops and there's general embarrassment all round . This continues for hours , as Pralinsky drinks two bottles of champagne that his poor clerk can ill afford . The evening ends with him sick , ...
... , he walks into the house , the dancing stops and there's general embarrassment all round . This continues for hours , as Pralinsky drinks two bottles of champagne that his poor clerk can ill afford . The evening ends with him sick , ...
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... hours after her death . The reconstruction of the narrator's thoughts , contradictions , self- justifications , questions , accusations and pleading inexorably leads him to the grim realization that he is to blame , that he tormented ...
... hours after her death . The reconstruction of the narrator's thoughts , contradictions , self- justifications , questions , accusations and pleading inexorably leads him to the grim realization that he is to blame , that he tormented ...
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... hours , frightening the landlady and a lady lodger and her three children . In other words , for someone who has made a philosophy based on apathy , the dreamer seems to take an inordinate interest in the goings - on of complete ...
... hours , frightening the landlady and a lady lodger and her three children . In other words , for someone who has made a philosophy based on apathy , the dreamer seems to take an inordinate interest in the goings - on of complete ...
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... hour on the Fontanka.4 His face is so dignified and thoughtful ; he's always whispering under his breath and gesticulating with his left hand , while in his right hand he holds a long gnarled walking - stick with a golden knob . He's ...
... hour on the Fontanka.4 His face is so dignified and thoughtful ; he's always whispering under his breath and gesticulating with his left hand , while in his right hand he holds a long gnarled walking - stick with a golden knob . He's ...
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... hours I'm leaving for my dacha . ' If a window opens , upon which slender fingers as white as sugar had just drummed , and out leans the head of a pretty girl , who calls to a pedlar with jugs of flowers – I immediately , there and then ...
... hours I'm leaving for my dacha . ' If a window opens , upon which slender fingers as white as sugar had just drummed , and out leans the head of a pretty girl , who calls to a pedlar with jugs of flowers – I immediately , there and then ...
المحتوى
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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