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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... the very beginning are mad or teetering on the brink of madness. Dostoyevsky's Certain Person, even before he goes to the cemetery for 'diversion', observes that something strange is happening to him and that he is 'beginning to see.
... the very beginning are mad or teetering on the brink of madness. Dostoyevsky's Certain Person, even before he goes to the cemetery for 'diversion', observes that something strange is happening to him and that he is 'beginning to see.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky. of deep melancholy, not understanding in the least what was happening to me. No matter whether I ... happened to a certain very pretty, light-pink little house. It was such a sweet little stone house; it looked at me ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. of deep melancholy, not understanding in the least what was happening to me. No matter whether I ... happened to a certain very pretty, light-pink little house. It was such a sweet little stone house; it looked at me ...
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... happened: I arrived back in the city very late, and it had already struck ten o'clock as I approached my apartment. My path ran along the embankment of the canal,8 where at that hour you will not find a living soul. True, I live in a ...
... happened: I arrived back in the city very late, and it had already struck ten o'clock as I approached my apartment. My path ran along the embankment of the canal,8 where at that hour you will not find a living soul. True, I live in a ...
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... happened to be in my right hand on this occasion. In an instant I found myself on the sidewalk across the street; in an instant the uninvited gentleman understood what was what, took into account my incontrovertible reasoning, fell ...
... happened to be in my right hand on this occasion. In an instant I found myself on the sidewalk across the street; in an instant the uninvited gentleman understood what was what, took into account my incontrovertible reasoning, fell ...
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... happened ...' 'But I didn't know you: I thought that you too ...' 'But do you really know me now?' 'A little bit. Now then, for example, why are you trembling?' 'Oh, you guessed right from the very first!' I answered, delighted that my ...
... happened ...' 'But I didn't know you: I thought that you too ...' 'But do you really know me now?' 'A little bit. Now then, for example, why are you trembling?' 'Oh, you guessed right from the very first!' I answered, delighted that my ...
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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