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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... Dream of a Ridiculous Man' (1877), are told by a first-person narrator, a form that clearly interested the author. It's worth recalling, for example, that Crime and Punishment, the writing of which preceded and followed The Gambler, was ...
... Dream of a Ridiculous Man' (1877), are told by a first-person narrator, a form that clearly interested the author. It's worth recalling, for example, that Crime and Punishment, the writing of which preceded and followed The Gambler, was ...
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... dream and fantasy . He has absented himself from participation in real , living life , taking refuge in a world of dreams . Seventeen - year - old Nastenka's story is as plain - spoken and straightforward as the Dreamer's is florid and ...
... dream and fantasy . He has absented himself from participation in real , living life , taking refuge in a world of dreams . Seventeen - year - old Nastenka's story is as plain - spoken and straightforward as the Dreamer's is florid and ...
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... Dream of a Ridiculous Man ' ( 1877 ) . Dostoyevsky's ' A Christmas Party and a Wedding ' , which was published the same year as ' White Nights ' , is a story of lechery in which the little girl does not get away , but is married off to ...
... Dream of a Ridiculous Man ' ( 1877 ) . Dostoyevsky's ' A Christmas Party and a Wedding ' , which was published the same year as ' White Nights ' , is a story of lechery in which the little girl does not get away , but is married off to ...
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... dreams of the narrator in ' White Nights ' the ' pictures and material ' for the Pawnbroker's dreams are based on his wife's submission . The couple seems to work out a routine where they live together in uneasy silence , when suddenly ...
... dreams of the narrator in ' White Nights ' the ' pictures and material ' for the Pawnbroker's dreams are based on his wife's submission . The couple seems to work out a routine where they live together in uneasy silence , when suddenly ...
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... Dream of a Ridiculous Man ' ( 1877 ) . Like his predecessors in ' White Nights ' and ' The Meek One ' , the Ridiculous Man , another dreamer , has shut himself off from society and is acutely self - conscious . The first - person ...
... Dream of a Ridiculous Man ' ( 1877 ) . Like his predecessors in ' White Nights ' and ' The Meek One ' , the Ridiculous Man , another dreamer , has shut himself off from society and is acutely self - conscious . The first - person ...
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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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