The Gambler by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Fiction, Classics.

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
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The Gambler is the tale of a man named Alexei with a passion for -- no, an addiction to -- roulette. In Dostoevsky's own words, ". . . all his vital sap, all his energies, his impetuosity and boldness will be absorbed by roulette. He is a gambler, but not just an ordinary gambler . . . My hero is, in his way, a poet, but he feels ashamed. . .and he feels its ugliness the ugliness of his addiction] deeply."



Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: 02/01/2003
ISBN: 9781592247615
Pages: 220
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d