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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... understand. And thus the first paragraph introduces seven characters, some by name, others are merely described ('Mezentsov, the little Frenchman and some Englishman were expected for dinner'), with no explanation of who they are or ...
... understand. And thus the first paragraph introduces seven characters, some by name, others are merely described ('Mezentsov, the little Frenchman and some Englishman were expected for dinner'), with no explanation of who they are or ...
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... understanding of the first-person narrator in these three works and Notes from Underground. See Robert L. Belknap, ' “The Gentle Creature” as the Climax of a Work of Art That Almost Exists', Dostoevsky Studies, ns, 9 (2000), p. 35; and ...
... understanding of the first-person narrator in these three works and Notes from Underground. See Robert L. Belknap, ' “The Gentle Creature” as the Climax of a Work of Art That Almost Exists', Dostoevsky Studies, ns, 9 (2000), p. 35; and ...
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... understanding of these works. Keith Garrod and Helena Goscilo helped in ways that are difficult to express. Peter Carson of Penguin Classics has been encouraging and helpful from the very beginning – and arranged for me to take some ...
... understanding of these works. Keith Garrod and Helena Goscilo helped in ways that are difficult to express. Peter Carson of Penguin Classics has been encouraging and helpful from the very beginning – and arranged for me to take some ...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky. of deep melancholy, not understanding in the least what was happening to me. No matter whether I went to Nevsky Prospekt,3 or the park, or wandered along the embankment – there wasn't a single person of those whom I ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. of deep melancholy, not understanding in the least what was happening to me. No matter whether I went to Nevsky Prospekt,3 or the park, or wandered along the embankment – there wasn't a single person of those whom I ...
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... understand, reader, how I am acquainted with all of Petersburg. I have already said that for three whole days I was tormented with anxiety until I guessed the reason for it. And on the street I was in a bad way (this one's gone, that ...
... understand, reader, how I am acquainted with all of Petersburg. I have already said that for three whole days I was tormented with anxiety until I guessed the reason for it. And on the street I was in a bad way (this one's gone, that ...
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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