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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... pawnbroker , attempts to ' make sense ' of the suicide of his young wife . This juxtaposition of report and fictional treatment of the same event was unusual to say the least . Dostoyevsky links the two accounts through the adjective ...
... pawnbroker , attempts to ' make sense ' of the suicide of his young wife . This juxtaposition of report and fictional treatment of the same event was unusual to say the least . Dostoyevsky links the two accounts through the adjective ...
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... Pawnbroker's monologue , which begins a mere six hours after her death . The reconstruction of the narrator's thoughts , contradictions , self- justifications , questions , accusations and pleading inexorably leads him to the grim ...
... Pawnbroker's monologue , which begins a mere six hours after her death . The reconstruction of the narrator's thoughts , contradictions , self- justifications , questions , accusations and pleading inexorably leads him to the grim ...
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... Pawnbroker's dreams are based on his wife's submission . The couple seems to work out a routine where they live together in uneasy silence , when suddenly one April evening the Pawnbroker hears her singing , which causes him to ...
... Pawnbroker's dreams are based on his wife's submission . The couple seems to work out a routine where they live together in uneasy silence , when suddenly one April evening the Pawnbroker hears her singing , which causes him to ...
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... Pawnbroker's frantic state of mind and the quality of oral speech which Dostoyevsky was at pains to convey . I have reproduced all of the ' suddenly's ; Garnett omits five of them . A few words about the titles of two stories . The work ...
... Pawnbroker's frantic state of mind and the quality of oral speech which Dostoyevsky was at pains to convey . I have reproduced all of the ' suddenly's ; Garnett omits five of them . A few words about the titles of two stories . The work ...
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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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