One character in this novel promises to rebuild her parish church as penance.
One character in this novel promises to rebuild her parish church as penance. It ends as itsprotagonist discovers an old friend at a park in Homburg and learns that his lover is recovering fromillness in Switzerland. After the Marquis de Grieux shows him a letter, the protagonist tells theEnglishman Astley that he has called off a duel. The author of this novel would have forfeitedeverything he wrote for the next nine years if his stenographer and future wife Ann Snitkina hadn'thelped him write it in a month. In this novel, the French adventuress Blanche marries the (*) General,who telegraphs Moscow each day in hopes that his elderly aunt has died. Its protagonist is the tutor AlexeyIvanovitch, whose love for Polina causes him to lose all his money. For 10 points, name this FyodorDostoevsky novel about a man who is addicted to roulette.
One character in this novel promises to rebuild her parish church as penance.
The Gambler [or Igrok]