EAN: 9781847493828

THE GAMBLER - FJODOR M DOSTOJEWSKIJ KARTONIERT ...

Inspired by Dostoevsky's own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off
his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy  The Gambler is set in the casino of
the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor
Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table  he finds himself
engaged in a battle of wills with Polina  the woman he unrequitedly loves. With an
unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers and figures from European high society  this darkly comic
novel of greed and self-destruction reveals Dostoevsky at his satirical and psychological best.

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