The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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"The Gambler" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a short novel completed in 1866. Set in a German casino town, it follows Alexei Ivanovich, a young tutor working for an indebted Russian family awaiting a wealthy relative's death. Hopelessly in love with his employer's stepdaughter Polina, Alexei becomes drawn into the intoxicating world of roulette. The novel reflects Dostoyevsky's own struggles with gambling addiction, capturing the fevered psychology of risk, obsession, and the desperate
pursuit of fortune at the gaming tables. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 |
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| Translator | Hogarth, C. J. (Charles James), 1869-1942 |
| Uniform Title | Igrok. English |
| Title | The Gambler |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(novel) |
| Note | Translated from Russian. |
| Credits | Produced by Martin Adamson. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Gamblers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Gambling -- Fiction |
| Subject | Families -- Fiction |
| Subject | Russians -- Germany -- Fiction |
| Subject | Chance -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2197 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2000 |
| Last Update | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2544 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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