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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... never mentioned again. To complicate the picture, The Gambler has been traditionally viewed as Dostoyevsky's most autobiographical novel. To be sure, Dostoyevsky had ample first-hand knowledge of risk-taking and the 'poetry' of gambling ...
... never mentioned again. To complicate the picture, The Gambler has been traditionally viewed as Dostoyevsky's most autobiographical novel. To be sure, Dostoyevsky had ample first-hand knowledge of risk-taking and the 'poetry' of gambling ...
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... never see Polina again. He still views gambling as his salvation: 'To be reborn, to rise up from the dead. I need to show them ... To let Polina know that I can still be a man.' THE DREAMER 'White Nights' takes the reader back almost ...
... never see Polina again. He still views gambling as his salvation: 'To be reborn, to rise up from the dead. I need to show them ... To let Polina know that I can still be a man.' THE DREAMER 'White Nights' takes the reader back almost ...
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... never being sober. After abruptly dropping Semyon Ardalyonovich altogether, the narrator immediately turns to the subject of his own portrait. The Voice columnist had commented on the now famous likeness of Dostoyevsky, painted in 1872 ...
... never being sober. After abruptly dropping Semyon Ardalyonovich altogether, the narrator immediately turns to the subject of his own portrait. The Voice columnist had commented on the now famous likeness of Dostoyevsky, painted in 1872 ...
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... never heard or seen before.'14 Finally, there's the matter of style. A friend of the Certain Person remarks: 'Your style is changing ... it's choppy.' Indeed, he clearly holds up Poprishchin's 'jerky' style as a model for his own. The ...
... never heard or seen before.'14 Finally, there's the matter of style. A friend of the Certain Person remarks: 'Your style is changing ... it's choppy.' Indeed, he clearly holds up Poprishchin's 'jerky' style as a model for his own. The ...
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... never a moment of tenderness. As he tells the story of his marriage, he recounts his personal history: by birth a member of the hereditary nobility, he was formerly an officer in an elite regiment, who had been forced by his fellow ...
... never a moment of tenderness. As he tells the story of his marriage, he recounts his personal history: by birth a member of the hereditary nobility, he was formerly an officer in an elite regiment, who had been forced by his fellow ...
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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