Binding: Paperback
Description: 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'.
Title: The Gambler And Other Stories
Author(s): Dostoyevsky Fyodor
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780140455090
Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/26/2010
Category: Classic Fiction