01868cam a22004093u 4500 2197 UtSlPG 20260610133055.0 m cr n 260607r2000||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PG Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 Igrok. English The Gambler Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2000 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(novel) Translated from Russian. Release date is 2000-05-01 Produced by Martin Adamson. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Gambler" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a short novel completed in 1866. Set in a German casino town, it follows Alexei Ivanovich, a young tutor working for an indebted Russian family awaiting a wealthy relative's death. Hopelessly in love with his employer's stepdaughter Polina, Alexei becomes drawn into the intoxicating world of roulette. The novel reflects Dostoyevsky's own struggles with gambling addiction, capturing the fevered psychology of risk, obsession, and the desperate pursuit of fortune at the gaming tables. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Psychological fiction Gamblers -- Fiction Gambling -- Fiction Families -- Fiction Russians -- Germany -- Fiction Chance -- Fiction Hogarth, C. J. (Charles James), 1869-1942 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2197 44303 44303