The gambler
By: by Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated and with an introduction by Andrew R. MacAndrew.
Contributors: MacAndrew, Andrew Robert, 1911-
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; rus
Number of pages: 188
Description: Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general, 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 seductive niece, Polina.
Notes: Translation of: Igrok.