Inspired by Dostoevsky's own gambling addiction and written under
pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to
his literary legacy, The Gambler is set in the casino of the
fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the
misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to
the temptations of the roulette table, he finds himself engaged in
a battle of wills with Polina, the woman he unrequitedly loves.
With an unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers and figures from
European high society, this darkly comic novel of greed and
self-destruction reveals Dostoevsky at his satirical and
psychological best.
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