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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... Russian Messenger , and The Gambler published . The latter written in 26 days with the help of his future wife , the stenographer Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina ( b . 1846 ) . 1867 Marries . Hounded by creditors , the couple leaves for ...
... Russian Messenger , and The Gambler published . The latter written in 26 days with the help of his future wife , the stenographer Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina ( b . 1846 ) . 1867 Marries . Hounded by creditors , the couple leaves for ...
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... Russia , along with Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev . Nevertheless , he found himself besieged by creditors . And though ... Russian literature with the publisher and bookseller Fyodor Stellovsky , whose name lives on solely from this one ...
... Russia , along with Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev . Nevertheless , he found himself besieged by creditors . And though ... Russian literature with the publisher and bookseller Fyodor Stellovsky , whose name lives on solely from this one ...
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... Russian Messenger , and the as yet unnamed second novel , came to naught . And so with only a month left , Dostoyevsky decided , on the recommendation of a friend , to enlist the services of a stenographer . The twenty - year - old Anna ...
... Russian Messenger , and the as yet unnamed second novel , came to naught . And so with only a month left , Dostoyevsky decided , on the recommendation of a friend , to enlist the services of a stenographer . The twenty - year - old Anna ...
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... Russian living abroad . Note : there was a big question about Russians living abroad in the journals this summer . That will all be reflected in my story . And in general , the whole contemporary moment of our inner life will be ...
... Russian living abroad . Note : there was a big question about Russians living abroad in the journals this summer . That will all be reflected in my story . And in general , the whole contemporary moment of our inner life will be ...
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... Russian general living abroad . As the town's name implies , gambling is the one and only industry we see nothing of ... Russians . As Mikhail Bakhtin remarked : ' these are people cut off from their native land and folk , whose life ...
... Russian general living abroad . As the town's name implies , gambling is the one and only industry we see nothing of ... Russians . As Mikhail Bakhtin remarked : ' these are people cut off from their native land and folk , whose life ...
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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