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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... hand a letter that had evidently been written long ago , sealed and all ready to go . ' Whether we are to assume that Nastenka copied the manoeuvre from Rossini or whether this represents the spontaneous strategy of a young girl in love ...
... hand a letter that had evidently been written long ago , sealed and all ready to go . ' Whether we are to assume that Nastenka copied the manoeuvre from Rossini or whether this represents the spontaneous strategy of a young girl in love ...
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... hands . This holding an icon is a strange and unprecedented detail in suicides ! This is some sort of meek , humble suicide . There evidently had been no grumbling or reproaches : it had merely become impossible to live , ' God didn't ...
... hands . This holding an icon is a strange and unprecedented detail in suicides ! This is some sort of meek , humble suicide . There evidently had been no grumbling or reproaches : it had merely become impossible to live , ' God didn't ...
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... hand he holds a long gnarled walking - stick with a golden knob . He's even noticed me and shows a cordial concern ... hands and passed each other by in sympathy . I also have houses that are my acquaintances . As I walk , it's as if ...
... hand he holds a long gnarled walking - stick with a golden knob . He's even noticed me and shows a cordial concern ... hands and passed each other by in sympathy . I also have houses that are my acquaintances . As I walk , it's as if ...
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... hand , ' I said to my unknown girl , ' and he won't dare bother us anymore . ' In silence she gave me her hand , which was still trembling from nervousness and fright . Oh , unbidden gentleman ! How grateful I was to you at that moment ...
... hand , ' I said to my unknown girl , ' and he won't dare bother us anymore . ' In silence she gave me her hand , which was still trembling from nervousness and fright . Oh , unbidden gentleman ! How grateful I was to you at that moment ...
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... hand is trembling , then it's because such a pretty small hand like yours has never clasped it before . I've grown quite unused to women ; that is , I never became used to them ; you see , I'm alone I don't even know how to talk to them ...
... hand is trembling , then it's because such a pretty small hand like yours has never clasped it before . I've grown quite unused to women ; that is , I never became used to them ; you see , I'm alone I don't even know how to talk to them ...
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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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