Pelaaja by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Pelaaja" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a short novel completed in 1866. Set in a German casino town, it follows Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor to a debt-ridden Russian family desperately awaiting a wealthy aunt's inheritance. Alexei becomes entangled in their schemes while hopelessly devoted to Polina, the General's stepdaughter who treats him with cruel indifference. When the aunt arrives and succumbs to gambling fever herself, the fragile hopes of everyone unravel. The novel
reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette and the destructive power of obsession. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Pispa, Hanna |
| Uniform Title | Igrok. Finnish |
| Title | Pelaaja |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(novel) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 44.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Gamblers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Gambling -- Fiction |
| Subject | Families -- Fiction |
| Subject | Russians -- Germany -- Fiction |
| Subject | Chance -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 49110 |
| Release Date | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 146 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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