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Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Gambler

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, The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the
ISBN: 9781847493828
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Page: 202
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2017
Format: Book
Publisher: ALMA BOOKS
Language: English

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Price: 3 750 Ft

Stock: 1-10 copies

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As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table, he finds himself engaged in a battle of wills with Polina, the woman he unrequitedly loves. With an unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers and figures from European high society, this darkly comic novel of greed and self-destruction reveals Dostoevsky at his satirical and psychological best.

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