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. The second night the Dreamer and Nastenka exchange their life stories . The Dreamer begins his ' ridiculous story ... as though [ he ] were reading something that had been written down ... Night finishes with a ' letter.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The second night the Dreamer and Nastenka exchange their life stories . The Dreamer begins his ' ridiculous story ... as though [ he ] were reading something that had been written down ... Night finishes with a ' letter.
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... night , though he does not declare himself until the fourth night , when it seems unlikely that the former lodger will come to the appointed spot by the canal , even though they know he has arrived in the capital . Just as they are ...
... night , though he does not declare himself until the fourth night , when it seems unlikely that the former lodger will come to the appointed spot by the canal , even though they know he has arrived in the capital . Just as they are ...
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... Nights ' to such later works as Crime and Punishment , when Raskolnikov comes to the aid of a drunken young girl , about sixteen years old , who is being pursued on the embankment by a gentleman ( Part I , Chapter 4 ) , or the little ...
... Nights ' to such later works as Crime and Punishment , when Raskolnikov comes to the aid of a drunken young girl , about sixteen years old , who is being pursued on the embankment by a gentleman ( Part I , Chapter 4 ) , or the little ...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky. afford . The evening ends with him sick , nursed all night long by Pseldonimov's mother , and then he scurries away in the early morning , deeply ashamed of his behaviour . The story ends with his signing a transfer ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. afford . The evening ends with him sick , nursed all night long by Pseldonimov's mother , and then he scurries away in the early morning , deeply ashamed of his behaviour . The story ends with his signing a transfer ...
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عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
المحتوى
Further Reading | |
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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