by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Hugh Aplin
“Tomorrow, tomorrow—Ah, but if only I could set things right tomorrow, and be born again, and rise again from the dead!”The Gambler is hoping that he can change someday! "Tomorrow, maybe!" He says. Then, tomorrow comes and nothing happens! "Ok .. No problem! I'll change .. Tomorrow!" And tomorrow co...
FD FTW! A worthy reread. Aside from the general greatness, Grandmamma has to be one of the best matriarchs outside Austen
I have read the book in the language of the original, so I just randomly chose the edition to post the review. What can I say? Every time I read Dostoevsky, I have that urge to send most of the writers I have read to some sort of writing school, I think of his talent that highly. I know very few wri...
Another re-read - some things are :Just:Too:Good: to leave alone-----------------------------------------mp3 - How much fun, Patricia Routledge doing a Mrs Bouquet/Bucket via the medium of 'Granny'; out loud laughs here in abundance.The Gambler - by Fyodor Dostoevsky - BBC Radio Drama - cheops------...
Dostoevsky in a darkly humorous mood.
Just after I read this book, I watched the movie Alex and Emma, in which Luke Wilson writes a book that plagiarizes this story. It made me very uncomfortable. As far as I know (and I watched pretty carefully) the movie did not cite Dostoyevsky at any point. It also made me feel weird about myself...