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Summary
(From the publisher):
In this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the General’s cruel yet seductive niece, Polina. In The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this stunning psychological portrait.
Original title: Игрок (Igrok)
Original languages:
Russian
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Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Gambler, Bobok and A Nasty Story, the (1966) [Collection]
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Seven Russian Short Novel Masterpieces (1967) [Anthology]
Authors: Fyodor Dostoevsky
, Anton Chekhov
, Leo Tolstoy
, Boris Pasternak
, Ivan Turgenev
, Nikolai Gogol
, Leonid Andreyev
Gambler with the Diary of Polina Suslova, the (1972) [Collection]
Authors: Fyodor Dostoevsky
, Polina Suslova
Double and The Gambler (2005) [Omnibus Volume]
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
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