Name: The Gambler: New Translation
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Author: Fiódor M. Dostoievski
ISBN: 9781847493828

Type

Physical Book

Author

Fiódor M. Dostoievski

Translated by

Hugh Aplin

Publisher

Alma Books

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.3x12.7x2 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9781847493828

Synopsis "The Gambler: New Translation"

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.

Fiódor M. Dostoievski

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Moscow, November 11, 1821-Saint Petersburg, February 9, 1881) was one of the main writers of Tsarist Russia, whose literature explores human psychology in the complex political, social, and spiritual context of Russian society in the second half of the 19th century

He is considered one of the greatest writers of the West and of world literature.

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