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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... story ends with his signing a transfer request for Pseldonimov and admitting to himself , in the story's final line , that he ' couldn't bear it ! ' THREE STORIES FROM A WRITER'S DIARY In 1873 , Dostoyevsky was made editor of Citizen ...
... story ends with his signing a transfer request for Pseldonimov and admitting to himself , in the story's final line , that he ' couldn't bear it ! ' THREE STORIES FROM A WRITER'S DIARY In 1873 , Dostoyevsky was made editor of Citizen ...
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... story can quite literally be regarded as Dostoyevsky's reply to this attack . ' Bobok ' begins in medias res , with Semyon Ardalyonovich accusing Ivan Ivanych ( a name so common as to imply Everyman ) of never being sober . After ...
... story can quite literally be regarded as Dostoyevsky's reply to this attack . ' Bobok ' begins in medias res , with Semyon Ardalyonovich accusing Ivan Ivanych ( a name so common as to imply Everyman ) of never being sober . After ...
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... story , he shows no reverence for the deceased , but instead gloats that the surviving family with its many daughters will not be able to make ends meet . In other words , his behaviour continues to be inappropriate . He performs a ...
... story , he shows no reverence for the deceased , but instead gloats that the surviving family with its many daughters will not be able to make ends meet . In other words , his behaviour continues to be inappropriate . He performs a ...
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... story , where Ivan Ivanych , making himself comfortable on a gravestone , sees a half - eaten sandwich on the adjacent grave . Or is the narrator incensed that he will miss the salacious stories that the corpses will be telling each ...
... story , where Ivan Ivanych , making himself comfortable on a gravestone , sees a half - eaten sandwich on the adjacent grave . Or is the narrator incensed that he will miss the salacious stories that the corpses will be telling each ...
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... story , " The Meek One ' , an extended monologue in which the speaker , a pawnbroker , attempts to ' make sense ' of the suicide of his young wife . This juxtaposition of report and fictional treatment of the same event was unusual to ...
... story , " The Meek One ' , an extended monologue in which the speaker , a pawnbroker , attempts to ' make sense ' of the suicide of his young wife . This juxtaposition of report and fictional treatment of the same event was unusual 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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