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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... later in 1881. Most of his important works were written after 1864 : Notes from Underground ( 1864 ) , Crime and Punishment ( 1865-6 ) , The Gambler ( 1866 ) , The Idiot ( 1868 ) , Demons ( 1871-2 ) and The Brothers Karamazov ( 1880 ) ...
... later in 1881. Most of his important works were written after 1864 : Notes from Underground ( 1864 ) , Crime and Punishment ( 1865-6 ) , The Gambler ( 1866 ) , The Idiot ( 1868 ) , Demons ( 1871-2 ) and The Brothers Karamazov ( 1880 ) ...
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... later reduced to four years by Tsar Nicholas I. 1850 Prison and hard labour in Omsk , western Siberia . 1852 Death of Gogol . 1853 Outbreak of Crimean War . 1854 Released from prison , but immediately sent to do compulsory military ...
... later reduced to four years by Tsar Nicholas I. 1850 Prison and hard labour in Omsk , western Siberia . 1852 Death of Gogol . 1853 Outbreak of Crimean War . 1854 Released from prison , but immediately sent to do compulsory military ...
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... later this year . After Marya Dmitriyevna is taken seriously ill , travels abroad again . Begins liaison with Apollinaria Suslova . 1864 ( March ) With Mikhail founds the journal Epokha ( Epoch ) as successor to Vremya . Notes from ...
... later this year . After Marya Dmitriyevna is taken seriously ill , travels abroad again . Begins liaison with Apollinaria Suslova . 1864 ( March ) With Mikhail founds the journal Epokha ( Epoch ) as successor to Vremya . Notes from ...
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... established the journal Epoch ( Epokha ) the year before with his brother Mikhail , who died a few months later . Dostoyevsky unwisely decided to assume responsibility both for Mikhail's personal debts and Introduction.
... established the journal Epoch ( Epokha ) the year before with his brother Mikhail , who died a few months later . Dostoyevsky unwisely decided to assume responsibility both for Mikhail's personal debts and Introduction.
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... later that month and promptly gambled away at the roulette tables in Wiesbaden , while his lover Apollinaria Suslova waited for him in Paris . The following summer , in a letter to Anna Korvin- Krukovskaya , whom he courted after the ...
... later that month and promptly gambled away at the roulette tables in Wiesbaden , while his lover Apollinaria Suslova waited for him in Paris . The following summer , in a letter to Anna Korvin- Krukovskaya , whom he courted after the ...
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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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