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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... whole contemporary moment of our inner life will be reflected ... The main point is that all his life juices, energies, violence, boldness have gone into roulette. He is a gambler, and not an ordinary gambler, just as Pushkin's miserly ...
... whole contemporary moment of our inner life will be reflected ... The main point is that all his life juices, energies, violence, boldness have gone into roulette. He is a gambler, and not an ordinary gambler, just as Pushkin's miserly ...
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... whole picture of Polina is wrong. While, on the one hand, he vows to be her slave, on the other, he ignores her, mistrusts her and, most importantly, misunderstands her. In fact, he admits that Polina 'had always been something of a ...
... whole picture of Polina is wrong. While, on the one hand, he vows to be her slave, on the other, he ignores her, mistrusts her and, most importantly, misunderstands her. In fact, he admits that Polina 'had always been something of a ...
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... whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?' The Dreamer would have us answer that no, indeed, such bliss can fulfil a man's life. But on reflection, many of us would answer, 'Yes, that's much too ...
... whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?' The Dreamer would have us answer that no, indeed, such bliss can fulfil a man's life. But on reflection, many of us would answer, 'Yes, that's much too ...
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... whole tragedy could have been avoided forever. When he at last acknowledges his responsibility for her death, he comes to see that people are alone in a world enveloped by death and, significantly, silence. He suddenly remembers ...
... whole tragedy could have been avoided forever. When he at last acknowledges his responsibility for her death, he comes to see that people are alone in a world enveloped by death and, significantly, silence. He suddenly remembers ...
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... whole, see Peter J. Rabinowitz, ' “A Lot Has Built Up”: Omission and Rhetorical Realism in Dostoevsky's The Gambler', Narrative, 9:2 (May 2001), pp. 203–9. Letter to Mikhail Dostoyevsky, 20 September 1863 (New Style), Complete Letters ...
... whole, see Peter J. Rabinowitz, ' “A Lot Has Built Up”: Omission and Rhetorical Realism in Dostoevsky's The Gambler', Narrative, 9:2 (May 2001), pp. 203–9. Letter to Mikhail Dostoyevsky, 20 September 1863 (New Style), Complete Letters ...
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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