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Narra un escalofriante asesinato cometido por Rodi?n Rask?lnikov, un estudiante arrogante cuyo nihilismo anticipa la literatura existencialista. Otras obras notables son Los hermanos Karamazov, El idiota, El jugador o Los endemoniados.

This striking gift edition presents Dostoevsky's classic work The Gambler, featuring a luxurious, silver-embossed cover design, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers.

Complete and unabridged paperback edition.

The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general.

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

La narracin se desarrolla en primera persona desde el punto de vista de Alexei Ivanvich, el tutor de una familia rusa que vive en una suite de un hotel alemn de la ciudad de Roulettenbourg. El patriarca de la familia, el General, est en deuda con el francs De Grieux y ha hipotecado... Read Full Overview

First published in 1867, Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Gambler (Igrok) is a gripping and semi-autobiographical exploration of obsession, human folly, and the psychological allure of risk. Written in just 26 days to meet a publishing deadline, the novel reflects Dostoevsky's... Read Full Overview

In this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the... Read Full Overview

In this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the... Read Full Overview

Its story of passion and despair is based on Dostoevsky's own experience as a compulsive gambler--but Dostoevsky was able to break away, whereas Alexei vows to quit as soon as he breaks even--an event, it is clear, that will never happen.

Like so many other characters... Read Full Overview

First published in Russian in 1866, "The Gambler" is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that follows the story of Alexei Ivanovich, a young tutor working for a previously wealthy Russian army general. Desperately in love with his benefactor's daughter, he acquiesces to place... Read Full Overview

Published in 1866, The Gambler offers a gripping psychological portrait of obsession. Resigned to living abroad, Alexei Ivanovich becomes consumed by roulette. His relentless pursuit of high stakes convinces him he is no ordinary gambler, however, as he seeks meaning and glory... Read Full Overview

A compulsive gambler himself at a certain period of his life, Dostoyevsky wrote this novel with real authority. Set in the appropriately named Roulettenburg, a German spa with a casino and an international clientele, it concerns the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and... Read Full Overview

'The Gambler' is a psychologically probing novel concerning the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs and complicated lives of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young gambler; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers and other characters. It is a bleak picture... Read Full Overview

No hay nada de glamour en las salas de juego de la inquietante ciudad-balneario de Ruletenburgo; ni elegantes caballeros de modales refinados, ni vaporosas damas de belleza sin igual. Ni siquiera el brillo del oro apilado. S lo hay chusma continental: haraganes y golfillas, representantes... Read Full Overview

In an age before psychology was a modern scientific field, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 - February 9, 1881) was a Russian writer of realist fiction and essays that explored the depths of the human psyche. Known for acclaimed novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and... Read Full Overview