The Gambler and Other Stories

Author/Contributor(s):	Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Meyer, Ronald; Meyer, Ronald; Meyer, Ronald
Publisher:	Penguin Classics
Date:	10/26/2010
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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'.