The Gambler
The Gambler paints a stark picture of the attractions-and addictions-of gambling. Using skillful characterization, Fyodor Dostoevsky faithfully depicts life among the gambling set in old Germany.
The Gambler paints a stark picture of the attractions-and addictions-of gambling. Using skillful characterization, Fyodor Dostoevsky faithfully depicts life among the gambling set in old Germany.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780812966930
Publish date: 08-04-2003
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
19th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Fiction
It is a pity that the origin of the Gambler threatens to overshadow the story itself and I would avoid the temptation to read it as an autobiography given Dostoevsky’s own real-life struggle with gambling addiction. One should only delineate fictional from biographical elements in a book intended to...
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