THE GAMBLER fyoder dostoevsky English Books•Classics Notes from Underground•The Idiot•the brothers kramazof•CRIME AND PUNISHMENT•Poor Folk•WHITE NIGHTS
Moby Dick•The old man•Great expectation•Uncle Tom's Cabin•Pride and Prejudice•Wuthering Heights•White Fang•The call of the wild•Oliver twist•Gone with the wind•For whom the Bell Tolls•Emma
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.