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| #3464274 in Books | 1997-05-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.30 x.60 x5.50l,.41 | File type: PDF | 192 pages | ISBN13: 9780393316490 | Condition: New | Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| For a change, Dostoyevsky wrote about life in high society|By Chiek|Reading "the Gambler" after "Crime and Punishment" was a drastic change in environment. From the penurous Raskolnikov and his destitute fellow characters, we swung 180 degrees to the aristocratic Europeans and lackeys who would bet away their last franc on the roulette Russian style. Dostoyevsky was brilliant|.com |The Gambler brilliantly captures the strangely powerful compulsion to bet that Dostoyevsky, himself a compulsive gambler, knew so well. The hero rides an emotional roller coaster between exhilaration and despair, and secondary characters such as th
Dostoevsky's short novel is told in the first person by a young man, Alexei, who is addicted to gambling.
Its story of passion and despair is based on Dostoevsky's own experience as a compulsive gambler―but Dostoevsky was able to break away, whereas Alexei vows to quit as soon as he breaks even―an event, it is clear, that will never happen.
Like so many other characters in Dostoeveky's novels, Alexei is trying to break through the ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoevsky. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.