Игрок

The Gambler

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Language

Russian

Year

1867

Country

Russia

Genre

Novella / Light Novel

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The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. Set in a hotel and casino in a German city, the theme of gambling reflects Dostoevsky's own experience of addiction to roulette. Dostoevsky completed the novel in 1866 under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.