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Часть текста: - i direttori d'albergo e i capi camerieri nell'assegnare ai clienti le camere sono guidati non tanto dalle esigenze e dai desideri di questi quanto dal primo colpo d'occhio e, bisogna dirlo, difficilmente sbagliano. Ma alla nonna, chi sa perché, avevano dato un appartamento così lussuoso da sembrare persino esagerato: quattro stanze arredate splendidamente, con il bagno, camere per i domestici, una stanzetta particolare per la cameriera eccetera eccetera... Effettivamente quelle stanze erano state occupate la settimana prima da non so quale "grande duchesse" il che, è naturale, veniva subito riferito ai nuovi ospiti per dare più valore all'appartamento. Portarono o, per meglio dire, spinsero la nonna per tutte le stanze, e lei le osservò con severa attenzione. Il capo cameriere, un uomo già anziano dalla testa pelata, la accompagnava con deferenza in questa prima visita. Non so per chi prendessero la nonna ma, a quanto pare, per una persona importante e, soprattutto, ricchissima. Nel registro scrissero subito: "Madame la Générale, princesse de Tarassevìtcheva" nonostante la nonna non sia mai stata...

2. Dostoevsky. Il giocatore (Italian, Игрок). Capitolo 2

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Часть текста: cose così, con una disinteressata compiacenza. Nessuna grandiosità e nessuno sfarzo in queste sudicie sale; e, quanto all'oro, non solo non giace a mucchi sui tavoli, ma è tanto se lo si vede qualche volta comparire. Naturalmente può accadere nel corso della stagione che capiti qualche tipo originale, o un inglese o un qualche asiatico, un turco, come quest'estate, che di colpo perda o guadagni moltissimo; gli altri giocatori puntano piccole somme e, mediamente, sui tavoli si trova sempre poco denaro. Appena entrai nella sala da giuoco (era la prima volta nella mia vita) rimasi ancora un po' di tempo senza decidermi a giocare. E per di più la folla mi spingeva. Ma anche se fossi stato solo, anche allora, penso, me ne sarei andato subito e non avrei cominciato a giocare. Confesso che il cuore mi batteva forte e che avevo perso tutto il mio sangue freddo; sapevo con certezza, e da molto tempo lo avevo deciso, che da Roulettenburg non me ne sarei andato così, semplicemente; nel mio destino sarebbe sopravvenuto qualcosa di radicale e di definitivo. Così deve essere e così sarà. Per quanto sia ridicolo che io mi aspetti tanto dalla roulette, mi sembra ancora più ridicola l'opinione comune, accettata da tutti, che...

3. Dostoevsky. The Gambler (English. Игрок). Chapter II

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Часть текста: but also there is very little money to be seen at all. Of course, during the season, some madman or another may make his appearance--generally an Englishman, or an Asiatic, or a Turk--and (as had happened during the summer of which I write) win or lose a great deal; but, as regards the rest of the crowd, it plays only for petty gulden, and seldom does much wealth figure on the board. When, on the present occasion, I entered the gaming-rooms (for the first time in my life), it was several moments before I could even make up my mind to play. For one thing, the crowd oppressed me. Had I been playing for myself, I think I should have left at once, and never have embarked upon gambling at all, for I could feel my heart beginning to beat, and my heart was anything but cold-blooded. Also, I knew, I had long ago made up my mind, that never should I depart from Roulettenberg until some radical, some final, change had taken place in my fortunes. Thus, it must and would be. However...

4. Dostoevsky. The Gambler (English. Игрок). Chapter XIV

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Часть текста: Gambler (English. Игрок). Chapter XIV Chapter XIV The shock made me utter an exclamation. "What is the matter? What is the matter?" she asked in a strange voice. She was looking pale, and her eyes were dim. "What is the matter?" I re-echoed. "Why, the fact that you are HERE!" "If I am here, I have come with all that I have to bring," she said. "Such has always been my way, as you shall presently see. Please light a candle." I did so; whereupon she rose, approached the table, and laid upon it an open letter. "Read it," she added. "It is De Griers' handwriting!" I cried as I seized the document. My hands were so tremulous that the lines on the pages danced before my eyes. Although, at this distance of time, I have forgotten the exact phraseology of the missive, I append, if not the precise words, at all events the general sense. "Mademoiselle," the document ran, "certain untoward circumstances compel me to depart in haste. Of course, you have of yourself remarked that hitherto I have always refrained from having any final explanation with you, for the reason that I could not well state the whole circumstances; and now to my difficulties the advent of the aged Grandmother, coupled with her subsequent proceedings, has put the final touch. Also, the involved state of my affairs forbids me to write with any finality concerning those hopes of ultimate bliss upon which, for a long while past, I have permitted myself to feed. I regret the past, but at the same time hope that in my conduct you have never been able to detect anything that was unworthy of a gentleman and a man of honour. Having lost, however, almost the whole of my money in debts incurred by your stepfather, I find myself driven to the necessity ...

5. Dostoevsky. The Gambler (English. Игрок). Chapter X

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Часть текста: not so much by the wishes and requirements of those visitors, as by their personal estimate of the same. It may also be said that these landlords and managers seldom make a mistake. To the Grandmother, however, our landlord, for some reason or another, allotted such a sumptuous suite that he fairly overreached himself; for he assigned her a suite consisting of four magnificently appointed rooms, with bathroom, servants' quarters, a separate room for her maid, and so on. In fact, during the previous week the suite had been occupied by no less a personage than a Grand Duchess: which circumstance was duly explained to the new occupant, as an excuse for raising the price of these apartments. The Grandmother had herself carried-- or, rather, wheeled--through each room in turn, in order that she might subject the whole to a close and attentive scrutiny; while the landlord--an elderly, bald-headed man--walked respectfully by her side. What every one took the Grandmother to be I do not know, but it appeared, at least, that she was accounted a person not only of great importance, but also, and still more, of great wealth; and without delay they entered her in the hotel register as "Madame la Generale, Princesse de Tarassevitcheva," although she had never been a princess in her life. Her retinue, her reserved compartment in the train, her pile of unnecessary trunks, portmanteaux, and strong-boxes, all helped to increase her...

6. Dostoevsky. The Gambler (English. Игрок). Chapter XVII

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Часть текста: read to me. At the present moment nothing could well be more incongruous than a moral. Oh, you self-satisfied persons who, in your unctuous pride, are forever ready to mouth your maxims--if only you knew how fully I myself comprehend the sordidness of my present state, you would not trouble to wag your tongues at me! What could you say to me that I do not already know? Well, wherein lies my difficulty? It lies in the fact that by a single turn of a roulette wheel everything for me, has become changed. Yet, had things befallen otherwise, these moralists would have been among the first (yes, I feel persuaded of it) to approach me with friendly jests and congratulations. Yes, they would never have turned from me as they are doing now! A fig for all of them! What am I? I am zero--nothing. What shall I be tomorrow? I may be risen from the dead, and have begun life anew. For still, I may discover the man in myself, if only my manhood has not become utterly shattered. I went, I say, to Homburg, but afterwards went also to Roulettenberg, as well as to Spa and Baden; in which latter place, for a time, I acted as valet to a certain rascal of a Privy Councillor, by name Heintze, who until lately was also my master here. Yes, for five months I lived my life with lacqueys! That was just after I had come out of Roulettenberg prison, where I had lain for a small debt which I owed. Out of that prison I was bailed by--by whom? By Mr. Astley? By Polina? I do not know. At all events, the debt was paid to the tune of two hundred thalers, and I sallied forth a free man. But what was I to do with myself ? In my dilemma I had recourse to this Heintze, who was a young scapegrace, and the sort of man who could speak and write three languages. At first I acted as his secretary, at a salary of ...

7. Dostoevsky. Il giocatore (Italian, Игрок). Capitolo 14

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Часть текста: Lo vedrete subito: accendete una candela." Accesi la candela. Lei si alzò, si avvicinò al tavolo e mise davanti a me una lettera dissigillata. "Leggete!" mi ordinò. "Questa... questa è la calligrafia di De-Grieux!" esclamai, afferrando la lettera. Le mani mi tremavano, e le righe saltellavano davanti ai miei occhi. Ho dimenticato le precise espressioni della lettera, ma eccola, se non proprio parola per parola, almeno pensiero per pensiero. "Mademoiselle," scriveva De-Grieux, "sfavorevoli circostanze mi costringono a partire immediatamente. Voi certo avrete notato che a bella posta ho evitato di avere con voi una spiegazione definitiva fino a quando non si fossero chiarite tali circostanze. L'arrivo della vecchia (de la vieille dame), vostra parente, e il suo assurdo comportamento hanno messo fine alle mie perplessità. I miei affari dissestati mi impediscono di continuare a nutrire le dolci speranze delle quali mi ero permesso di pascermi per qualche tempo. Mi rammarico di quello che è accaduto, ma spero che nella mia condotta non troverete niente d'indegno di un gentiluomo e di un onest'uomo (gentilhomme et honnête...

8. Dostoevsky. A Raw Youth (English. Подросток). Part II. Chapter VIII

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Часть текста: table, some stake, some chance, and it oppressed me all night like a nightmare. To tell the truth, the whole of the previous day, in spite of all the startling impressions I had received, I had been continually thinking of the money I had won at Zerstchikov's. I suppressed the thought, but I could not suppress the emotion it aroused, and I quivered all over at the mere recollection of it. That success had put me in a fever; could it be that I was a gambler, or at least--to be more accurate--that I had the qualities of a gambler? Even now, at the time of writing this, I still at moments like thinking about play! It sometimes happens that I sit for hours together absorbed in silent calculations about gambling and in dreams of putting down my stake, of the number turning up, and of picking up my winnings. Yes, I have all sorts of "qualities," and my nature is not a tranquil one. At ten o'clock I intended to go to Stebelkov's and I meant to walk. I sent Matvey home as soon as he appeared. While I was drinking my coffee I tried to think over the position. For some reason I felt pleased; a moment's self-analysis made me realize that I was chiefly pleased because I was going that day to the old prince's. But that day was a momentous and startling one in my life, and it began at once with a surprise. At ten o'clock my door was flung wide open, and Tatyana Pavlovna flew in. There ...

9. Dostoevsky. The Gambler (English. Игрок). Chapter IX

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Часть текста: five years), as brisk, aggressive, self-satisfied, bolt-upright, loudly imperious, and generally abusive as ever. In fact, she looked exactly as she had on the only two occasions when I had seen her since my appointment to the General's household. Naturally enough, I stood petrified with astonishment. She had sighted me a hundred paces off! Even while she was being carried along in her chair she had recognised me, and called me by name and surname (which, as usual, after hearing once, she had remembered ever afterwards). "And this is the woman whom they had thought to see in her grave after making her will!" I thought to myself. "Yet she will outlive us, and every one else in the hotel. Good Lord! what is going to become of us now? What on earth is to happen to the General? She will turn the place upside down!" "My good sir," the old woman continued in a stentorian voice, "what are you standing THERE for, with your eyes almost falling out of your head? Cannot you come and say how-do-you-do? Are you too proud to shake hands? Or do you not recognise me? Here, Potapitch!" she cried to an old servant who, dressed in a frock coat and white waistcoat, had a bald, red head (he was the chamberlain who always accompanied her on her journeys). "Just think! Alexis Ivanovitch does not recognise me! They have buried me for good and all! Yes, and after sending hosts of telegrams to know if I were dead or not! Yes, yes, I have heard the whole story. I am very much alive, though, as you may see." "Pardon me, Antonida Vassilievna," I replied good humouredly as I recovered my presence of mind. "I have no reason to wish you ill. I am merely rather astonished to see you. Why should I not be so, seeing how unexpected--" "WHY should you be astonished? I ...

10. Dostoevsky. Il giocatore (Italian, Игрок)

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Часть текста: 1 Finalmente ritornavo dopo un'assenza di due settimane. Già da tre giorni i nostri si trovavano a Roulettenburg. Pensavo di essere atteso con chi sa quale ansia, e invece mi sbagliavo. Il generale mi accolse con una disinvoltura eccessiva, mi parlò squadrandomi dall'alto in basso e mi mandò da sua sorella. Era evidente che da qualche parte erano riusciti a procurarsi del denaro. Ebbi addirittura l'impressione che il generale mi guardasse con un certo imbarazzo. Màrja Filìppovna, indaffaratissima, mi liquidò con poche parole; prese, però, il denaro, lo contò e ascoltò il mio rapporto. A pranzo erano attesi Mezentzòv, il francesino e un inglese; come sempre, quando c'era denaro, subito inviti a pranzo: secondo l'uso moscovita. Polina Aleksàndrovna, vedendomi, mi chiese come mai fossi rimasto assente tanto a lungo. Ma non aspettò nemmeno la risposta e se ne andò. Si capisce, l'aveva fatto apposta. Però dovevo parlarle a ogni costo. Molte cose si erano accumulate. Mi era stata assegnata una piccola stanza, al quarto piano dell'albergo: si sa qui che io appartengo al "seguito del generale". Da ogni cosa si capisce che essi sono riusciti a dare nell'occhio. Qui il generale è creduto un ricchissimo magnate russo. Ancora prima di pranzo, ha fatto in tempo, tra gli altri incarichi, a darmi due biglietti da mille franchi da cambiare, la qual cosa feci alla segreteria dell'albergo. Ora ci riterranno dei milionari,...

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