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An intimate new portrait of the bold and determined woman who saved Dostoyevsky's life—and became a pioneer in Russian literary historyIn the fall of 1866—against the backdrop of Russia's first feminist movement—an independent-minded young stenographer named Anna Snitkina went to work for a writer she idolized: Fyodor Dostoevsky. The volatile and visionary novelist was already a celebrated literary provocateur, yet Anna found him "terribly unhappy, broken, tormented," sickened by epilepsy, anguished by the recent loss of his wife—and in thrall to a gambling addiction that kept him on the verge of emotional and financial ruin.Shocked by his condition, the strong-willed Anna became his confidante, his manager, and, within months, his wife—launching one of literature's most turbulent and fascinating marriages. Now, for the first time, The Gambler Wife gives us a rich and psychologically acute portrait of the complex power...

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Author

Andrew D. Kaufman

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group; Riverhead Books

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780525537144

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Rating

4.6 / 5 (90 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14