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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... sense of Raskolnikov's frenzied delirium after the murder? The solution was to change the narration to a third-person omniscient point of view, but one where the narrator is closely attuned to his character's consciousness, as if he ...
... sense of Raskolnikov's frenzied delirium after the murder? The solution was to change the narration to a third-person omniscient point of view, but one where the narrator is closely attuned to his character's consciousness, as if he ...
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... sense ... an account of what was seen , heard and read ' , which ' might include stories and novellas , but would primarily be about real events'.16 The October 1876 issue , for example , carried this commentary towards the end of a ...
... sense ... an account of what was seen , heard and read ' , which ' might include stories and novellas , but would primarily be about real events'.16 The October 1876 issue , for example , carried this commentary towards the end of a ...
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... 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 ' meek ' , twice repeated in the ...
... 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 ' meek ' , twice repeated in the ...
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... senses her despair and decides to make use of it he proposes marriage , knowing that the alternative she faces is even more frightening . From the very beginning , he relishes the inequality of their positions , his domination over her ...
... senses her despair and decides to make use of it he proposes marriage , knowing that the alternative she faces is even more frightening . From the very beginning , he relishes the inequality of their positions , his domination over her ...
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Further Reading | |
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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