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The Gambler (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
ISBN-13:
9781411468115
Veröffentl:
2012
Einband:
Epub
Seiten:
176
Autor:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable Epub
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.Perhaps better than any other work of fiction, Dostoevskys novel The Gambler captures and analyzes gamings fatal attraction. We follow Aleksey Ivanovichs ups and downs in the make-believe German city of Roulettenburg, where nationalities mix in a frenzied competition for money and status. Written in twenty-six days to beat an unscrupulous publishers deadline, The Gambler is based on the authors own struggles with gambling addiction. It will leave readers amused and baffled at Alekseys contradictory and self-destructive energy.
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
Perhaps better than any other work of fiction, Dostoevsky’s novel The Gambler captures and analyzes gaming’s fatal attraction. We follow Aleksey Ivanovich’s ups and downs in the make-believe German city of Roulettenburg, where nationalities mix in a frenzied competition for money and status. Written in twenty-six days to beat an unscrupulous publisher’s deadline, The Gambler is based on the author’s own struggles with gambling addiction. It will leave readers amused and baffled at Aleksey’s contradictory and self-destructive energy.