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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... minute reprieve while awaiting execution on Semyonovsky Square , prison , exile in Siberia . And then there was his literary career : the famous debut with his novel Poor Folk , friendships with Vissarion Belinsky , the foremost ...
... minute reprieve while awaiting execution on Semyonovsky Square , prison , exile in Siberia . And then there was his literary career : the famous debut with his novel Poor Folk , friendships with Vissarion Belinsky , the foremost ...
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... same room , just as lonely . His memoir ends with the lines : ' My God ! A whole minute of bliss ! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life ? ' The Dreamer would have us answer that no , indeed , such bliss can fulfil a.
... same room , just as lonely . His memoir ends with the lines : ' My God ! A whole minute of bliss ! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life ? ' The Dreamer would have us answer that no , indeed , such bliss can fulfil a.
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... Minutes Too Late ' , encapsulates his last attempt to place the blame for her death elsewhere : ' it's a pity that it all comes down to chance simple , barbaric inertia , chance . ' In other words , had he arrived earlier , the whole ...
... Minutes Too Late ' , encapsulates his last attempt to place the blame for her death elsewhere : ' it's a pity that it all comes down to chance simple , barbaric inertia , chance . ' In other words , had he arrived earlier , the whole ...
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... minute later there was another whimper and then another . My God ! My heart sank . And no matter how great my timidness with women , this was hardly the time ! ... I turned around , took a step in her direction and would certainly have ...
... minute later there was another whimper and then another . My God ! My heart sank . And no matter how great my timidness with women , this was hardly the time ! ... I turned around , took a step in her direction and would certainly have ...
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لقد وصلت إلى حد العرض المسموح لهذا الكتاب.
لقد وصلت إلى حد العرض المسموح لهذا الكتاب.
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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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