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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... Gambler and Other Stories White Nights A Christmas Party and a Wedding A Nasty Business The Gambler Bobok The Meek One The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Notes Appendices I Names in Russian II Table of Ranks III A Note about Money in The ...
... Gambler and Other Stories White Nights A Christmas Party and a Wedding A Nasty Business The Gambler Bobok The Meek One The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Notes Appendices I Names in Russian II Table of Ranks III A Note about Money in The ...
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... GAMBLER On 4 October 1866, Dostoyevsky was faced with yet another financial crisis. As his letters make abundantly clear, he was dogged by money problems throughout his adult life, from the time he was away at school, imploring his ...
... GAMBLER On 4 October 1866, Dostoyevsky was faced with yet another financial crisis. As his letters make abundantly clear, he was dogged by money problems throughout his adult life, from the time he was away at school, imploring his ...
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... Gambler. Years later Anna Grigoryevna would recall that the building she had entered resembled Raskolnikov's lodgings in Crime and Punishment – she was an ardent admirer of the writer. The two quickly worked out a routine where Anna ...
... Gambler. Years later Anna Grigoryevna would recall that the building she had entered resembled Raskolnikov's lodgings in Crime and Punishment – she was an ardent admirer of the writer. The two quickly worked out a routine where Anna ...
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... gambler, and not an ordinary gambler, just as Pushkin's miserly knight is not an ordinary knight ... If House of the Dead drew the attention of the public as a portrait of convicts, whom no ... gambling is the one and only industry – we see.
... gambler, and not an ordinary gambler, just as Pushkin's miserly knight is not an ordinary knight ... If House of the Dead drew the attention of the public as a portrait of convicts, whom no ... gambling is the one and only industry – we see.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky. gambling is the one and only industry – we see nothing of the town or its residents apart from the casino and its environs. The hotel and casino are populated by an ever-changing international congress of Englishmen ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. gambling is the one and only industry – we see nothing of the town or its residents apart from the casino and its environs. The hotel and casino are populated by an ever-changing international congress of Englishmen ...
المحتوى
CHAPTER 9 | |
CHAPTER 10 | |
CHAPTER 11 | |
CHAPTER 12 | |
CHAPTER 13 | |
CHAPTER 14 | |
CHAPTER 15 | |
CHAPTER 16 | |
NASTENKAS STORY | |
THE THIRD NIGHT | |
THE FOURTH NIGHT | |
MORNING | |
A CHRISTMAS PARTY AND A WEDDING | |
A NASTY BUSINESS | |
THE GAMBLER | |
CHAPTER 2 | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
CHAPTER 6 | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
CHAPTER 8 | |
CHAPTER 17 | |
BOBOK | |
THE MEEK ONE | |
THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN | |
II | |
III | |
IV | |
V | |
Notes | |
Appendix II Table of Ranks | |
Appendix III A Note about Money in The Gambler | |
ROUBLES AND THALERS | |
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