mass market paperback, 215 pages
French language
Published Sept. 2, 1998 by Mille et Une Nuits.
mass market paperback, 215 pages
French language
Published Sept. 2, 1998 by Mille et Une Nuits.
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.