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 ( From the Memoirs of a Dreamer ) ' ) , the story opens with an extended monologue of how he spends his days alone in the capital even though he has been a resident there for eight years . He roams the city and observes , but does ...
... Story ( From the Memoirs of a Dreamer ) ' ) , the story opens with an extended monologue of how he spends his days alone in the capital even though he has been a resident there for eight years . He roams the city and observes , but does ...
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... story ... as though [ he ] were reading something that had been written down ' . His life , and its telling , is circumscribed by literature . So much so that he narrates his own life story in the third person ( ' our hero ...
... story ... as though [ he ] were reading something that had been written down ' . His life , and its telling , is circumscribed by literature . So much so that he narrates his own life story in the third person ( ' our hero ...
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... stories . Nastenka has told the Dreamer that he may not fall in love with her , but of course he had done so at first ... story find the Dreamer once again in his room as he imagines his life fifteen years hence , still in the same room ...
... stories . Nastenka has told the Dreamer that he may not fall in love with her , but of course he had done so at first ... story find the Dreamer once again in his room as he imagines his life fifteen years hence , still in the same room ...
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... story of lechery in which the little girl does not get away , but is married off to her pursuer cum suitor with society's approval . Subtitled ' From the Notes of an Unknown Person ' , the story is comprised of two unequal parts ...
... story of lechery in which the little girl does not get away , but is married off to her pursuer cum suitor with society's approval . Subtitled ' From the Notes of an Unknown Person ' , the story is comprised of two unequal parts ...
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... story opens , Ivan Ilyich Pralinsky , advocates , after several glasses of champagne , extending the ideas behind the government reforms to everyday life , all under the banner of ' humaneness ' . Nikiforov , his cynical host ...
... story opens , Ivan Ilyich Pralinsky , advocates , after several glasses of champagne , extending the ideas behind the government reforms to everyday life , all under the banner of ' humaneness ' . Nikiforov , his cynical host ...
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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