Paperback, 212 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 14, 1999 by iUniverse.
El Jugador (Alba)
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The Gambler (Russian: Игрокъ, romanized: Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella in 1866 under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.
Subjects
- Literary studies: general
- Russian & Former Soviet Union
- Fiction
- Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Spanish: Adult Fiction
- Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)
- Classics