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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... took the 3,000 roubles Stellovsky offered . After paying off his most urgent debts and providing for his dependants , he was left with the far from princely sum of 175 roubles , which he took with him abroad later that month and ...
... took the 3,000 roubles Stellovsky offered . After paying off his most urgent debts and providing for his dependants , he was left with the far from princely sum of 175 roubles , which he took with him abroad later that month and ...
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... took all of twenty - six days from start to finish , Dostoyevsky had been mulling over the work for quite some time . He outlined it in a letter dated 18 September 1863 : The plot of the story is the following : a certain type of ...
... took all of twenty - six days from start to finish , Dostoyevsky had been mulling over the work for quite some time . He outlined it in a letter dated 18 September 1863 : The plot of the story is the following : a certain type of ...
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... took a step in her direction and would certainly have uttered the word " Madam " , but for the fact that I knew that this exclamation had already been uttered a thousand times in all the Russian society novels . ' His actions and speech ...
... took a step in her direction and would certainly have uttered the word " Madam " , but for the fact that I knew that this exclamation had already been uttered a thousand times in all the Russian society novels . ' His actions and speech ...
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... took an even greater toll . But it was here that Dostoyevsky began publishing his A Writer's Diary , not the independent publication that he had originally envisioned , but a monthly column that would comment on social and cultural ...
... took an even greater toll . But it was here that Dostoyevsky began publishing his A Writer's Diary , not the independent publication that he had originally envisioned , but a monthly column that would comment on social and cultural ...
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... took for granted, but instead always writing for a deadline, helped to promote the mistaken idea that he was a careless writer, particularly when measured against those same great stylists. However, as his correspondence eloquently ...
... took for granted, but instead always writing for a deadline, helped to promote the mistaken idea that he was a careless writer, particularly when measured against those same great stylists. However, as his correspondence eloquently ...
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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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