The Gambler (Russian: Игрокъ, romanized: Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky …
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The Gambler (Russian: Игрокъ, romanized: Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella in 1866 under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.
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- BNF ID:
- 11941495j
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Le Joueur
mass market paperback, 217 pages
French language
Published April 1, 1972 by LGF.
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- 978-2-253-01173-6Copied ISBN!
Le Joueur
mass market paperback, 217 pages
French language
Published April 1, 1972 by LGF.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-253-01173-6Copied ISBN!
Le joueur
mass market paperback, 222 pages
French language
Published Dec. 19, 1976 by Éditions Gallimard.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-07-036893-8Copied ISBN!
LE JOUEUR
French language
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- 978-2-330-08304-5Copied ISBN!
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