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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... Petersburg newspapers ran a few short lines in small print about a Petersburg suicide : a poor , young girl , a seamstress , had thrown herself out of a fourth -
... Petersburg newspapers ran a few short lines in small print about a Petersburg suicide : a poor , young girl , a seamstress , had thrown herself out of a fourth -
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... Petersburg begin in late May and continue through late July , but are particularly intense right before and after the summer solstice , when the sky never becomes completely dark . 16. The subscription announcement for A Writer's Diary ...
... Petersburg begin in late May and continue through late July , but are particularly intense right before and after the summer solstice , when the sky never becomes completely dark . 16. The subscription announcement for A Writer's Diary ...
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... pervogo litsa ' [ Dostoyevsky's Petersburg Loners : Stories Told in the First Person ] , Dostoevski i mirovaia kultura , 23 ( 2007 ) , pp . 23–41 . Further Reading Bakhtin , Mikhail , Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics.
... pervogo litsa ' [ Dostoyevsky's Petersburg Loners : Stories Told in the First Person ] , Dostoevski i mirovaia kultura , 23 ( 2007 ) , pp . 23–41 . Further Reading Bakhtin , Mikhail , Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics.
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... Petersburg eight years now and I've hardly been able to make a single acquaintance . But what do I need acquaintances for ? I'm acquainted with all of Petersburg as it is ; that's why it seemed to me that everyone was abandoning me when ...
... Petersburg eight years now and I've hardly been able to make a single acquaintance . But what do I need acquaintances for ? I'm acquainted with all of Petersburg as it is ; that's why it seemed to me that everyone was abandoning me when ...
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... Petersburg . ― I have already said that for three whole days I was tormented with anxiety until I guessed the reason for it . And on the street I was in a bad way ( this one's gone , that one's gone , where's so - and - so got to ...
... Petersburg . ― I have already said that for three whole days I was tormented with anxiety until I guessed the reason for it . And on the street I was in a bad way ( this one's gone , that one's gone , where's so - and - so got 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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