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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... never mentioned again . To complicate the picture , The Gambler has been traditionally viewed as Dostoyevsky's most autobiographical novel . To be sure , sure , Dostoyevsky had ample first - hand knowledge of risk - taking and the ...
... never mentioned again . To complicate the picture , The Gambler has been traditionally viewed as Dostoyevsky's most autobiographical novel . To be sure , sure , Dostoyevsky had ample first - hand knowledge of risk - taking and the ...
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... 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 still be a man . ' The second night the Dreamer and Nastenka exchange ...
... 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 still be a man . ' The second night the Dreamer and Nastenka exchange ...
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... never being sober . After abruptly dropping Semyon Ardalyonovich altogether , the narrator immediately turns to the subject of his own portrait . The Voice columnist had commented on the now famous likeness of Dostoyevsky , painted in ...
... never being sober . After abruptly dropping Semyon Ardalyonovich altogether , the narrator immediately turns to the subject of his own portrait . The Voice columnist had commented on the now famous likeness of Dostoyevsky , painted in ...
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... never a moment of tenderness . As he tells the story of his marriage , he recounts his personal history : by birth a member of the hereditary nobility , he was formerly an officer in an elite regiment , who had been forced by his fellow ...
... never a moment of tenderness . As he tells the story of his marriage , he recounts his personal history : by birth a member of the hereditary nobility , he was formerly an officer in an elite regiment , who had been forced by his fellow ...
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... never to gamble again : ' I used to dream perpetually of winning But all that is over and done with ! This was really the last time . Can you believe it , Anya , that my hands are untied now ? I was shackled to gambling , body and soul ...
... never to gamble again : ' I used to dream perpetually of winning But all that is over and done with ! This was really the last time . Can you believe it , Anya , that my hands are untied now ? I was shackled to gambling , body and soul ...
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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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