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Igrok. Netochka Nezvanova Book
author.Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881
Book | Profizdat, Moskva [Moscow, Russia] : 2008.
  • 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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"Travelling in the retinue of an impoverished Russian General, young teacher Alexei seeks solace in the dream of a life-changing win at the roulette table. The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg. 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. As the general sinks deeper into debt and the long-awaited inheritance from his ailing grandmother fails to appear, Alexei's frustrated financial and sentimental aspirations gain momentum. When Grandmama herself turns up at Roulettenburg and starts gambling away her family possessions with Alexei's assistance, all those who seek to gain from her death look on with ill-concealed horror. And as passion, hatred and unadulterated greed rise to the surface, Dostoevsky creates a darkly psychological novel of truly extraordinary vision. Based on the author's experiences with gaming"--cataloger's summary of the first novel.
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  • ISBN: 5255016012
  • ISBN: 9785255016013
  • Physical Description: 303 pages ; 21 cmprint
  • Publisher: Moskva [Moscow, Russia] : Profizdat, 2008.
  • Copyright: © [1867]
  • General Note: In Russian.First published in Russian in Russia in 1867.
  • Formatted Contents Note: Igrok -- Netochka Nezvanova.
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