num_pages: 240
description: Presents the stories such as The Gambler, a portrayal of an intense and futile obsession; Bobok, a blackly comic satire in which a desolate writer becomes drawn into the conversations of the dead; and, A Nasty Story, a humorous look at the disparity between a man's exaggerated ideal of himself and the sad reality.
language: English
title: The Gambler/Bobok/A Nasty Story
titlecomplete: The Gambler/Bobok/A Nasty Story
genres: Short Stories, Russia, Philosophy, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 732
publisher: Penguin Books