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The Gambler (Dover Thrift Editions) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Gambler (Dover Thrift Editions) about?
A compulsive gambler himself at a certain period of his life, Dostoyevsky wrote this novel with real authority. Set in the appropriately named Roulettenburg, a German spa with a casino and an international clientele, it concerns the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and complicated lives of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young gambler; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers, and other characters.Although not as dark as some of Dostoyevsky's other works, The Gambler nevertheless offers a grim and psychologically probing picture of the fatal attractions of gambling. Among its strengths are its well-drawn characters — Aunt Antonida, although lightly sketched in, is especially delightful — and its faithful depiction of life among the gambling set in fashionable German watering holes. This edition reprints Constance Garnett's authoritative translation.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780486290812
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (294 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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