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To understand those people, how they think, to see if I can understand their obsession, at least to feel this obsession. I was like one demented: all I wanted was to be near her, in the halo of her glory, in her radiance, always, for ever, all my life. For this reason it took me a few pages to "get into" the story because I was terribly confused about what was happening. After the death of his first wife, Maria, in 1864, Dostoyevsky completed Notes from Underground and began work towards Crime and Punishment (1866). The Gambler is my favourite Dostoyevsky so far. This book has 168 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1866; this is a translation by C. J. Hogarth. I will definitely recommend this book to classics, fiction lovers. Dostoyevsky was obsessed by gambling and he too was obsessed by a woman - Apollinaria Suslova. I knew nothing more!”, National Book Award Finalist for Translation (1973), If gambling is a vain and unreasoning pursuit, why do people gamble in the first place? Available in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook. It is not the most developed of his works (and I may be somewhat influenced by the stuffy translation, and hearing it read via audiotape), but there are moments in it that are still great. Last week, around 26,000 people downloaded books from my site - 7 people gave donations. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Igrok (Игрок) = The Gambler = Le Joueur, Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general.
The major novels of his late period are The Idiot (1868), Demons (1871-2) and The Brothers Karamazov (1879-80). For this reason it took me a few pages to "get into" the story because I was terribly confused about what was happening. Why It Is Useful To Gamble At On the web Casinos, This Just In: ‘SNL’ Star Colin Jost Is Seriously Bookish. We do not guarantee that these techniques will work for you. I want to keep them free, but need some support to be able to do so. http://wp.me/p7SDRS-6. On this revisit, I realized that I have not done enough justice to the book. All must have influenced my perspective on the book. However, once I had a handle on the characters and setting, it quickly became a humorous and enjoyable read. This was my introduction to Dostoevsky. 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. This was an interesting study of a young Russian tutor with a gambling addiction. Not one of Dostoevsky’s greatest works, The Gambler was written fast, for cash, as he had gambling debts, so he knew what he was talking about in this one! Start by marking “The Gambler” as Want to Read: Error rating book. It is one of those classic stories where the narrator is crushed by the weight of his desire, by the gravity of odds, and by the frailty of human hope. Price: N/A Free Dostoevsky leaves the reader with small wins, decent runs, and hopeful conceits that tempt the reader to believe that one might walk away from life with love, fulfillment, and yes plenty of lucre ... but alas time, the vig, and death (that croupier bitch) all wheedle your last gulden and mortgage your soul's last breath. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 188 pages and is available in Paperback format. In 1849 he was arrested for involvement with the politically subversive 'Petrashevsky circle' and until 1854 he lived in a convict prison in Omsk, Siberia. If you find a book you're after, please donate and support the site. Just after I read this book, I watched the movie, This was a fun, short novel. “People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well known to all intelligent people.”, “I wanted to fathom her secrets; I wanted her to come to me and say: "I love you," and if not that, if that was senseless insanity, then...well, what was there to care about?
In 1849 he was arrested for involvement with the politically subversive 'Petrashevsky circle' and until 1854 he lived in a convict prison in Omsk, Siberia.
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