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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... Letters of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, volume 1 (1988); and co-editor of Russian Literature of the 1920s: An Anthology (1987). His other translations include works by Babel, Chekhov, Gogol, Lipkin, Nagibin and Palei. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The ...
... Letters of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, volume 1 (1988); and co-editor of Russian Literature of the 1920s: An Anthology (1987). His other translations include works by Babel, Chekhov, Gogol, Lipkin, Nagibin and Palei. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The ...
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... Letter ' by Pyotr Chaadayev . 1837 Pushkin is killed in a duel . Mother dies . He and his brother Mikhail are sent to a boarding school in St Petersburg . 1838 Enters the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering as an army cadet ...
... Letter ' by Pyotr Chaadayev . 1837 Pushkin is killed in a duel . Mother dies . He and his brother Mikhail are sent to a boarding school in St Petersburg . 1838 Enters the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering as an army cadet ...
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... Letters ' and ' The Landlady ' are published . 1848 Revolutions in Europe . Several short stories published , including ' A Weak Heart ' , ' An Honest Thief ' , ' A Christmas Party and a Wedding ' and ' White Nights ' . 1849 Netochka ...
... Letters ' and ' The Landlady ' are published . 1848 Revolutions in Europe . Several short stories published , including ' A Weak Heart ' , ' An Honest Thief ' , ' A Christmas Party and a Wedding ' and ' White Nights ' . 1849 Netochka ...
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... letters make abundantly clear , he was dogged by money problems throughout his adult life , from the time he was away at school , imploring his father for money ( ' I'm in debt all the way around and very much . I owe at least 50 ...
... letters make abundantly clear , he was dogged by money problems throughout his adult life , from the time he was away at school , imploring his father for money ( ' I'm in debt all the way around and very much . I owe at least 50 ...
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... letter to Anna Korvin- Krukovskaya , whom he courted after the death of his wife in 1864 , Dostoyevsky , who had not written a word of the contracted novel , complained that Stellovsky refused to give him an extension . He then went on ...
... letter to Anna Korvin- Krukovskaya , whom he courted after the death of his wife in 1864 , Dostoyevsky , who had not written a word of the contracted novel , complained that Stellovsky refused to give him an extension . He then went on ...
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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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