About this title: The stories in this volume demonstrate Dostoyevsky's genius for fusing caricature, irony and the grotesque to create a powerful dark humour. "The Gambler" is a breathtaking portrayal of an intense and futile obsession. Based on Dostoyevsky's own experience of financial desperation and the compulsive desire to win money, it focuses on the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780140441796ISBN:0140441794
Description: Very Good. 0140441794. Paperback, in Very Good condition, previous owners name inside, n paper is tanning with age, covers and spine look nice, ; Penguin Classics. read more
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Viking Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780140441796ISBN:0140441794
Description: Fine. In spite of a single, faint vein along part of the spine, this book is still tight and seems not to have been read. It is in every other regard as good as new. Clean, glossy cover and a square, solid binding. You'll pirouette with delight when this book arrives! ! ! read more
Edition: Appears unread/edge rubs/tanning Pg
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S. A
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780140441796ISBN:0140441794
Description: Good. 0140441794 Reviewer: la-Those who would read Dostoevsky but, are intimidated by the sheer magnitude of his epics, should read this collection of three great shorter works. Bobok is strikingly amusing and clever. The Gambler brilliantly depicts the all too real dynamics of a toxic relationship. My favorite, A Nasty Story, is such an hilarious and witty story. It's almost painful to read as one is compelled to sympathize with the character's best intentions gone wrong. All marvelous works ... read more
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. "Conveying all the intensity and futility of an obsession, The Gambler is based on Dostoyevsky's firsthand experience; 'Bobok' and 'A Nasty Story' are two of the author's best darkly comic stories. / Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), one of nineteenth-century Russia's greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in Siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. In later years his penchant for ... read more
Edition: Paperback
Binding: Paperback--Good
Publisher: Penguin, Middlesex, England
Date Published: 1966
Description: translated by Jessie Coulson. Good. No Jacket. Paperback Fiction Fiction: Three dark stories by the 19th century Russian writer in a good "Penguin Classics" paperback edition. read more
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Pages tanning. Cover has generalized wear, edge wear, creasing. Pencil marks and underlining to text. Top right corner of pages and cover has water mark; does not affect text. Trade paperback. Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good-Very Good. 12mo. 238pp. Penguin Classics edition of these three short works by Dostoyevsky, translated with an introduction by Jessie Coulson; this copy has a light watermark to endpapers and prelims, covers lightly rubbed and creased, o.w. Very Good. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140441796ISBN:0140441794
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall 0140441794 Reprint, translated with an introduction by Jessie Coulson, slight edge wear; cover shows detail from Redon's 'Within the Dream'. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: penguin
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good. 1968 reprint. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140441796ISBN:0140441794
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140441796ISBN:0140441794
Description: Good. Message within the book from previous owner. Previous owner's name written in the book. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, Middlesex, England
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780140441796ISBN:0140441794
Description: W. P. Frith; Very Good. 238 pp. All three titles in a single volume: The Gambler-Bobok-A Nasty Story. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. The cover features a detail from The Salon d'Or by W. P. Frith. read more
"the gambler is a little slow, but the second two are great reads... Bobok is very short but really interesting. A Nasty Story is a scathing review of class... superb."
"The Gambler was a bit frustrating for me, as I seem to prefer Dostoyevsky in either very long, or short doses. My favourite story in this collection was Bobok, it was concise and darkly funny."
"Actually, I didn't read "A Nasty Story" yet, but...I don't know if I want to get back to it very soon, if at all. "The Gambler" was very good...I like how Dostoevsky conveyed the growing, consuming obsession and the fluctuating emotions that are caused by gambling/money. "Bobok" was a clever little satirical work. Very timeless, as every society possesses pretentious, dissatisfied people..."
"If not for Bobok, this might have been given 5 stars. The Gambler and A Nasty Story were quite good. Apparently, the author was a gambler, himself, and had to write a novella by a certain date to retain the rites to his works with his publisher. He wrote The Gambler, delivering it right on the deadline, and then was free to continue writing Crime and Punishment. A Nasty Story was just that, but makes its point quite well."
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