| Title : | The gambler | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Author | | Publisher: | New York : Dover Publications Inc. | | Publication Date: | 1996 | | Pagination: | 117 p. | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-486-29081-2 | | Class number: | 891.733 | | Abstract: | The Gambler is a short novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, originally published in 1866. It tells the story episodes, tangled love affairs and complicated lives of a young gambler, the woman he loves, a pair of French adventurers and other characters. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts. |
The gambler [printed text] / Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Author . - New York : Dover Publications Inc., 1996 . - 117 p. ISBN : 978-0-486-29081-2 | Class number: | 891.733 | | Abstract: | The Gambler is a short novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, originally published in 1866. It tells the story episodes, tangled love affairs and complicated lives of a young gambler, the woman he loves, a pair of French adventurers and other characters. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts. |
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