The gambler
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Constance Garnett ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by Gary Saul Morson.
Contributors: Garnett, Constance Black, 1862-1946.; Morson, Gary Saul, 1948-
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; rus
Number of pages: 188
Description: "In this short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. 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 seductive niece, Polina. In The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this psychological portrait."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.