num_pages: 328
description: Its story of passion and despair is based on Dostoevsky's own experience as a compulsive gambler—but Dostoevsky was able to break away, whereas Alexei vows to quit as soon as he breaks even—an event, it is clear, that will never happen. Like so many other characters in Dostoeveky's novels, Alexei is trying to break through the wall of the established order and the human condition itself. But instead he is drawn into the roulette wheel's vortex.
language: English
title: The Gambler
titlecomplete: The Gambler
characters: Alexei Ivanovich, Polina Aleksandrovna
genres: Literature, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, Russian Literature, 19th Century, Russia, Roman, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 84526
places: Russia, Eastern Europe
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Echo Library