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_aDostoyevsky, Fyodor _d1821-1881 _eauthor _923168 |
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_aThe gambler _c/ Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Hugh Aplin. |
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_aRichmond, Surrey : _bAlma Classics, _c2014. |
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_axvi, 203 pages ; _c20 cm. |
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| 500 | _aTranslated from the Russian. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references. | ||
| 520 | _aInspired 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. | ||
| 530 | _aAlso issued online. | ||
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_aMan-woman relationships _911137 |
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_aAplin, Hugh A. _etranslator _923135 |
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