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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... leave Siberia . 1857 Marries the widowed Marya Dmitriyevna Isayeva . Publication of " The Little Hero ' , written in prison during the summer of 1849 . 1859 Allowed to return to live in European Russia . ( December ) The Dostoyevskys ...
... leave Siberia . 1857 Marries the widowed Marya Dmitriyevna Isayeva . Publication of " The Little Hero ' , written in prison during the summer of 1849 . 1859 Allowed to return to live in European Russia . ( December ) The Dostoyevskys ...
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... of his future wife , the stenographer Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina ( b . 1846 ) . 1867 Marries . Hounded by creditors , the couple leaves for Western Europe and settles in Dresden . 1868 Birth of daughter, Sofia, who dies only three months.
... of his future wife , the stenographer Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina ( b . 1846 ) . 1867 Marries . Hounded by creditors , the couple leaves for Western Europe and settles in Dresden . 1868 Birth of daughter, Sofia, who dies only three months.
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... leaving Roulettenburg she asks Polina to come live with her in Russia. Finally, though she does succumb to the temptation of roulette and gambles away all of the considerable money that she's brought with her from Russia, thus seeming ...
... leaving Roulettenburg she asks Polina to come live with her in Russia. Finally, though she does succumb to the temptation of roulette and gambles away all of the considerable money that she's brought with her from Russia, thus seeming ...
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... leaves no doubt that Alexey Ivanovich is a slave to gambling and will never see Polina again . He still views gambling as his salvation : " To be reborn , to rise up from the dead . I need to show them ... To let Polina know that I can ...
... leaves no doubt that Alexey Ivanovich is a slave to gambling and will never see Polina again . He still views gambling as his salvation : " To be reborn , to rise up from the dead . I need to show them ... To let Polina know that I can ...
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... leave me like that ' , in other words , that they would remain forever as they had been that winter . As he recounts these events , he points to a number of his mistakes , for example , the sudden gesture of making her a ' friend ' or ...
... leave me like that ' , in other words , that they would remain forever as they had been that winter . As he recounts these events , he points to a number of his mistakes , for example , the sudden gesture of making her a ' friend ' or ...
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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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