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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Fyodor Dostoyevsky. novel was finished and delivered to Stellovsky on the deadline . Dostoyevsky proposed marriage to Anna a week later , and they were married in February of the next year . Even though the actual writing of The Gambler ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. novel was finished and delivered to Stellovsky on the deadline . Dostoyevsky proposed marriage to Anna a week later , and they were married in February of the next year . Even though the actual writing of The Gambler ...
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... Dostoyevsky's great creations, literally stealing the show when she is onstage. She speaks her mind to people's ... Dostoyevsky received 3,000 roubles from Stellovsky for the rights to print an edition of his collected works, which would ...
... Dostoyevsky's great creations, literally stealing the show when she is onstage. She speaks her mind to people's ... Dostoyevsky received 3,000 roubles from Stellovsky for the rights to print an edition of his collected works, which would ...
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... Dostoyevsky's novels as ' seething whirlpools ' and summarizes the opening pages of The Gambler by way of ... Dostoyevsky's most autobiographical novel . To be sure , sure , Dostoyevsky had ample first - hand knowledge of risk - taking ...
... Dostoyevsky's novels as ' seething whirlpools ' and summarizes the opening pages of The Gambler by way of ... Dostoyevsky's most autobiographical novel . To be sure , sure , Dostoyevsky had ample first - hand knowledge of risk - taking ...
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... Dostoyevsky's tortured love affair with Apollinaria (Polina) Suslova, particularly as it played out during their travels abroad. Dostoyevsky travelled with Suslova in Europe (France, Italy and Germany) on more than one occasion ...
... Dostoyevsky's tortured love affair with Apollinaria (Polina) Suslova, particularly as it played out during their travels abroad. Dostoyevsky travelled with Suslova in Europe (France, Italy and Germany) on more than one occasion ...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky. to the teller of the tale that we tend not to question the accuracy of Alexey Ivanovich's account ... Dostoyevsky's heroes nourish a morbid hypersensitivity: Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment, for example.) To ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. to the teller of the tale that we tend not to question the accuracy of Alexey Ivanovich's account ... Dostoyevsky's heroes nourish a morbid hypersensitivity: Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment, for example.) To ...
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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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