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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... on one in the morning, and the other in the evening and finish on time ... I'm convinced that not one of our writers, past or living, wrote under the conditions in which I constantly write. Turgenev would die from the very thought.2.
... on one in the morning, and the other in the evening and finish on time ... I'm convinced that not one of our writers, past or living, wrote under the conditions in which I constantly write. Turgenev would die from the very thought.2.
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... something of a mystery for me'. Significantly, when he is gambling, ostensibly for her sake, while she waits for him in his room, he acknowledges several times: 'I don't remember whether I even once gave a thought to Polina all.
... something of a mystery for me'. Significantly, when he is gambling, ostensibly for her sake, while she waits for him in his room, he acknowledges several times: 'I don't remember whether I even once gave a thought to Polina all.
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... thought. At first she turned her little face away from me, blushed, like a rose, and suddenly I felt in my hand a letter that had evidently been written long ago, sealed and all ready to go.' Whether we are to assume that Nastenka ...
... thought. At first she turned her little face away from me, blushed, like a rose, and suddenly I felt in my hand a letter that had evidently been written long ago, sealed and all ready to go.' Whether we are to assume that Nastenka ...
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... thought that 'you were going to leave me like that', in other words, that they would remain forever as they had been that winter. As he recounts these events, he points to a number of his mistakes, for example, the sudden gesture of ...
... thought that 'you were going to leave me like that', in other words, that they would remain forever as they had been that winter. As he recounts these events, he points to a number of his mistakes, for example, the sudden gesture of ...
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... thought of the helpless little girl has saved his life. Like 'The Meek One', 'Dream of a Ridiculous Man' bears the subtitle 'Fantastic Story', but whereas for the earlier story this was limited to its mode of narration, the Ridiculous ...
... thought of the helpless little girl has saved his life. Like 'The Meek One', 'Dream of a Ridiculous Man' bears the subtitle 'Fantastic Story', but whereas for the earlier story this was limited to its mode of narration, the Ridiculous ...
المحتوى
CHAPTER 9 | |
CHAPTER 10 | |
CHAPTER 11 | |
CHAPTER 12 | |
CHAPTER 13 | |
CHAPTER 14 | |
CHAPTER 15 | |
CHAPTER 16 | |
NASTENKAS STORY | |
THE THIRD NIGHT | |
THE FOURTH NIGHT | |
MORNING | |
A CHRISTMAS PARTY AND A WEDDING | |
A NASTY BUSINESS | |
THE GAMBLER | |
CHAPTER 2 | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
CHAPTER 6 | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
CHAPTER 8 | |
CHAPTER 17 | |
BOBOK | |
THE MEEK ONE | |
THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN | |
II | |
III | |
IV | |
V | |
Notes | |
Appendix II Table of Ranks | |
Appendix III A Note about Money in The Gambler | |
ROUBLES AND THALERS | |
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