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The Gambler and Other Stories
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You might enjoy this collection if you appreciate stories that delve deep into the complexities of human psychology and the darker facets of ambition and addiction. With Dostoyevsky's keen insight into the human soul, these tales offer a compelling exploration of the intertwining of fate and free will, set against vivid backdrops of 19th-century Russian society. Fans of intense character studies and existential themes are likely to find this work captivating.
The Gambler and Other Stories
A collection of one novella and six short stories - "The Gambler", "Bobok", "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man", "A Christmas Party and a Wedding", "A Nasty Story" and "The Meek One".
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A new selection of seven of Dostoyevsky's best short stories, translated by Ronald Meyer.
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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ISBN: 9780140455090
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 July 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by Ronald Meyer
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 311g
Pages: 432
About the Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, journalist, short-story writer whose works had a profound influence on the 20th century novel. Most of his important works were written after 1864: Notes from Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1865-6), The Gambler (1866), The Idiot (1869), The Devils (1871) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Ronald Meyer teaches Russian literary translation at Columbia University. He is the editor of the Penguin edition of Dostoyevsky's Demons, translated by Robert A. Maguire (2008), and Anna Akhmatova's My Half-Century: Selected Prose (1992); co-translator, with David Lowe, of The Complete Letters of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, volume 1 (1988); and co-editor of Russian Literature of the 1920s: An Anthology (1987).
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