The Gambler and Other Stories

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publisher:

William Heinemann

, 1914

Overview

How does Dostoevsky end his gambling addiction and pay off his debts? In The Gambler, considered Dostoevsky’s reflection of his own addition to gambling, Dostoevsky tells the story of characters who are addicted to gambling and face the brink of destitution and desperation. Life, love, and liberty are sacrificed in the pursuit of roulette. Written to pay off his gambling debts while still in the midst of addition, this novella is a penetrating look at the author’s own quest for freedom and financial security.

This volume comes with two additional novellas of Dostoevsky’s earliest works, Poor People (also known as Poor Folk) and The Landlady, the former of which was also written during a period of gambling addiction.

Product Details

• Title: The Gambler and Other Stories
• Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Series: The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Publisher: William Heinemann
• Print Publication Date: 1914
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 332
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 › Translations into English; Russia › Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction
• Resource ID: LLS:GMBLRTHRSTRS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:53:00Z

About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881) was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky’s literary works explored human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society.