Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881 creator Pispa, Hanna text utu 2014 monographic fi 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(novel) Release date is 2014-06-27 Original publication data not identified Psychological fiction Gamblers -- Fiction Gambling -- Fiction Families -- Fiction Russians -- Germany -- Fiction Chance -- Fiction PG Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49110 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49110 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134129.0 49110