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| Original Title: | Игрок |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Alexei Ivanovich, Polina Aleksandrovna |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award Finalist for Translation (1973) |
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Paperback | Pages: 188 pages Rating: 3.89 | 49972 Users | 2575 Reviews
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In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the General’s cruel yet seductively adept niece, Polina. In The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this stunning psychological portrait.
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| Title | : | The Gambler |
| Author | : | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 188 pages |
| Published | : | April 8th 2003 by Modern Library (first published March 10th 1866) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Russian Literature |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 49972 Users | 2575 ReviewsAssessment Of Books The Gambler
Can I possibly not understand myself that Im a lost man? Butwhy cant I resurrect? (141)It is not just the extraordinary psychological depth of the characters nor the engaging story that masterfully manages the element of surprise. This novella had a great impact on me for the simple reason that whenever I read certain passages, I saw him. His obsessions, his fears, his passion for a distant woman, his despair. Dostoyevsky was there, trying to survive.Alexei Ivanovich is a 25 year-old tutor thatIgrok (Игрок) = The Gambler = Le Joueur, Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a
Ive never been an addict to anything at least anything harmful. But I might have been one if I were in the right place to be an addict of something. I might have been an addict of drugs; as I know myself I have never felt that I should care so much to be healthy - especially when I was younger. Ive never been a drug addict simply because I never had drugs around myself. My surroundings, my circles of social friends were always drug-free. I have also never been a gambler and at this time before
The Gambler is populated by a cast a very colorful characters. There is the narrator Alexei, who is tutor to the children of a Russian General who is traveling Western Europe, the General, who is massively in debt to a Frenchman and hopelessly smitten with a French woman, Polina, the General's step-daughter and whom Alexei has an unhealthy attraction to, the Frenchman de Griers whom the General is massively in debt to, and many others.In a way this cast reminded me of Seinfeld. None of the
(review in English below)Que desilusão!...Depois de ter sido arrebatada por Crime e Castigo, esta leitura foi um autêntico balde de água fria. Logo no início, senti-me atirada para o meio duma situação que não compreendia, com personagens cujas relações entre si me pareciam estranhas.Depois, quando as coisas começaram a encaixar, percebi que eram todos doidos, ou pelo menos bipolares. A história não me despertava qualquer interesse e só animou um pouco com a chegada da avó, com a sua própria
Igrok (Игрок) = The Gambler = Le Joueur, Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a
I am not a gambler, so why am I reading a book about people obsessed with gambling? To understand those people, how they think, to see if I can understand their obsession, at least to feel this obsession. Furthermore I was interested in this book because it is partially autobiographical. Dostoyevsky was obsessed by gambling and he too was obsessed by a woman - Apollinaria Suslova. The book is based on his own addiction to gambling while he was in love with Apollinaria Suslova. The central theme
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