The Gambler and Other Stories
Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
ISBN: 9780140455090
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 12 Aug 2010
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
A new selection of seven of DostoyevskyP#39;s best short stories, translated by Ronald Meyer
Plt;IPgt;The Gambler and Other StoriesPlt;/IPgt; is Fyodor DostoyevskyP#39;s collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life - indeed, P#39;The GamblerP#39;, 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 P#39;BobokP#39;, the tale of a frustrated writer visiting a cemetery and enjoying the gossip of the dead; P#39;The Dream of a Ridiculous ManP#39;, the story of one manP#39;s plan to commit suicide and the troubling dream that follows, as well as P#39;A Christmas Party and a WeddingP#39;, P#39;A Nasty StoryP#39; and P#39;The Meek OneP#39;.
ISBN: 9780140455090
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 12 Aug 2010
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
A new selection of seven of DostoyevskyP#39;s best short stories, translated by Ronald Meyer
Plt;IPgt;The Gambler and Other StoriesPlt;/IPgt; is Fyodor DostoyevskyP#39;s collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life - indeed, P#39;The GamblerP#39;, 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 P#39;BobokP#39;, the tale of a frustrated writer visiting a cemetery and enjoying the gossip of the dead; P#39;The Dream of a Ridiculous ManP#39;, the story of one manP#39;s plan to commit suicide and the troubling dream that follows, as well as P#39;A Christmas Party and a WeddingP#39;, P#39;A Nasty StoryP#39; and P#39;The Meek OneP#39;.
