01758cam a22003853u 4500 49110 UtSlPG 20260610134129.0 m cr n 260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fi iso639-1 PG Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 Igrok. Finnish Pelaaja Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2014 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) Release date is 2014-06-27 "Pelaaja" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a short novel completed in 1866. Set in a German casino town, it follows Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor to a debt-ridden Russian family desperately awaiting a wealthy aunt's inheritance. Alexei becomes entangled in their schemes while hopelessly devoted to Polina, the General's stepdaughter who treats him with cruel indifference. When the aunt arrives and succumbs to gambling fever herself, the fragile hopes of everyone unravel. The novel reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette and the destructive power of obsession. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Psychological fiction Gamblers -- Fiction Gambling -- Fiction Families -- Fiction Russians -- Germany -- Fiction Chance -- Fiction Pispa, Hanna https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49110 89948 89948