Книга: Dostoevsky Fyodor «The Gambler: and The House of the Dead»
Производитель: "Wordsworth" Серия: "Classics" Alexey Ivanovitch is a young tutor in the household of a general. He is both observer and actor in the tempest which surrounds his impoverished employer. Everyone is waiting for the death of Granny, the general`s rich aunt, but so far from dying, she turns up alive and well, and makes her way to the casino... Издательство: "Wordsworth" (2010)
ISBN: 978-1-84022-629-4 |
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