| Title | : | Short Stories About Gambling: A classic collection of people betting money, possessions and even lives… |
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| Author | : | Alexander Pushkin, D. H. Lawrence, Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, Bret Harte, Ella D'Arcy, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Saki & Wilkie Collins |
| Release | : | 2023-01-01 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Mysteries & Thrillers |
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| 1 | Short Stories About Gambling: A classic | Alexander Pushkin, D. H. Lawrence, Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, Bret Harte, Ella D'Arcy, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Saki & Wilkie Collins |
| When you are winning gambling seems very easy. You place a bet and receive your winnings. The thrill is a joyous electric shock of joy and applause. And winnings. If you lose, well, at first you know your luck will turn. It must, you’re a winner. But if your luck fails, and keeps failing, misery endures and then envelops your life. Everything is centered on that next roll of the dice, the turn of the card …. Nothing else matters. You are addicted. 01 - Short Stories About Gambling - An Introduction 02 - The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin 03 - The Rocking Horse Winner by D H Lawrence 04 - After the Race by James Joyce 05 - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras County by Mark Twain 06 - A Bread and Butter Miss by Saki 07 - Brown of Calaveras by Bret Harte 08 - A Guardian of Morality by Anthony Hope 09 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov 10 - The Bet by Barry Pain 11 - Sir Julian Garve by Ella D'Arcy 12 - Tennessee's Partner by Bret Harte 13 - A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins |
