The gambler / Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Hugh Aplin.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Publication details: Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2014.Description: xvi, 203 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: - 9781847493828
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| Book | TBS Barcelona | P-EN DOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | B02968 |
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| P-EN GOG Petersburg tales | P-EN GOG How the two Ivans quarrelled : and other Russian comic stories | P-EN DOS Uncle's dream | P-EN DOS The gambler | 111.05 AED La aplicación de la responsabilidad social a la gestión de personas | 111.05 AED La aplicación de la responsabilidad social a la gestión de personas | 111.05 GOM Iniciativa social como estrategia competitiva |
Includes bibliographical references.
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 misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. 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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