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The Gambler
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Paperback
With Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Tra rev edition from Trafalgar Square (April 1, 2012)
9781847492067 | details & prices | 203 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $12.95
About: One of the most accessible and entertaining works by the author of Crime and Punishment and The Karamazov Brothers 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, this tale is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich.
About: One of the most accessible and entertaining works by the author of Crime and Punishment and The Karamazov Brothers 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, this tale is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich.