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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... end of a piece entitled " Two Suicides ' : About a month ago , all the Petersburg newspapers ran a few short lines in small print about a Petersburg suicide : a poor , young girl , a seamstress , had thrown herself out of a fourth -
... end of a piece entitled " Two Suicides ' : About a month ago , all the Petersburg newspapers ran a few short lines in small print about a Petersburg suicide : a poor , young girl , a seamstress , had thrown herself out of a fourth -
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... young seamstress , identified by the newspapers as Marya Borisova . The next issue of A Writer's Diary was taken up entirely with what many regard as Dostoyevsky's finest story , " The Meek One ' , an extended monologue in which the ...
... young seamstress , identified by the newspapers as Marya Borisova . The next issue of A Writer's Diary was taken up entirely with what many regard as Dostoyevsky's finest story , " The Meek One ' , an extended monologue in which the ...
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... young girl in distress sets the plot in motion - whether he answers her appeal and how he does so will determine his fate.19 Finally , the Ridiculous Man raises once again the problem of the growing incidence of suicide in Russia . The ...
... young girl in distress sets the plot in motion - whether he answers her appeal and how he does so will determine his fate.19 Finally , the Ridiculous Man raises once again the problem of the growing incidence of suicide in Russia . The ...
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... ( Englewood Cliffs : Prentice - Hall , Inc. , 1984 ) , pp . 111-25 . Terras , Victor , The Young Dostoevsky , 1846–49 : A Critical Study ( The Hague : Mouton , 1969 ) . A Note on the Text and the Translation The translations.
... ( Englewood Cliffs : Prentice - Hall , Inc. , 1984 ) , pp . 111-25 . Terras , Victor , The Young Dostoevsky , 1846–49 : A Critical Study ( The Hague : Mouton , 1969 ) . A Note on the Text and the Translation The translations.
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... young . The sky was so starry , it was such a bright sky that looking at it you could not help but ask yourself : is it really possible for bad - tempered and capricious people to live under such a sky ? That is also a young person's ...
... young . The sky was so starry , it was such a bright sky that looking at it you could not help but ask yourself : is it really possible for bad - tempered and capricious people to live under such a sky ? That is also a young person's ...
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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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