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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... publication. 1881 (1 March) Assassination of Tsar Alexander II. (28 January) Dostoyevsky dies in St Petersburg. The funeral procession from the author's apartment numbers over 30,000. Buried in the cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky.
... publication. 1881 (1 March) Assassination of Tsar Alexander II. (28 January) Dostoyevsky dies in St Petersburg. The funeral procession from the author's apartment numbers over 30,000. Buried in the cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky.
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... number of generals , tutors and stepdaughters , she is right about the confusion that greets the reader of The Gambler . Alexey Ivanovich , our confused and perplexed diarist , half of the time cannot make heads or tails of what is ...
... number of generals , tutors and stepdaughters , she is right about the confusion that greets the reader of The Gambler . Alexey Ivanovich , our confused and perplexed diarist , half of the time cannot make heads or tails of what is ...
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... number of his mistakes , for example , the sudden gesture of making her a ' friend ' or looking at her with rapture not the months of silent torture . The title of the final chapter , ' Only Five Minutes Too Late ' , encapsulates his ...
... number of his mistakes , for example , the sudden gesture of making her a ' friend ' or looking at her with rapture not the months of silent torture . The title of the final chapter , ' Only Five Minutes Too Late ' , encapsulates his ...
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... number of people who helped me during the course of my work on The Gambler and Other Stories . First and foremost , to the late Robert Maguire , who was translating Dostoyevsky's Demons when I began my work on this volume . Bob was ...
... number of people who helped me during the course of my work on The Gambler and Other Stories . First and foremost , to the late Robert Maguire , who was translating Dostoyevsky's Demons when I began my work on this volume . Bob was ...
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... number of years behind him , but whose gait was anything but solid . He walked , reeling , and carefully leaning against the wall . The girl meanwhile walked as straight as an arrow , hurriedly and timidly , as girls generally do when ...
... number of years behind him , but whose gait was anything but solid . He walked , reeling , and carefully leaning against the wall . The girl meanwhile walked as straight as an arrow , hurriedly and timidly , as girls generally do when ...
المحتوى
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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