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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.

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

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

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

The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the... Read Full Overview

The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the... Read Full Overview

Inspired by Dostoevsky's own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy, The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the... 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

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

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

The Gambler is the tale of a man named Alexei with a passion for -- no, an addiction to -- roulette. In Dostoevsky's own words, ". . . all his vital sap, all his energies, his impetuosity and boldness will be absorbed by roulette. He is a gambler, but not... 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

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

Jeto - Igrok. Proizvedenie zhestkoe do zhestokosti, nervnoe do nerovnosti i iskrennee - uzhe do dushevnoj obnazhennosti. Jeto - svoeobraznaja istorija obyknovennogo bezumija po-dostoevski. Istorija azarta, stavshego dlja cheloveka uzhe ne smyslom igry i dazhe ne smyslom zhizni,... Read Full Overview

The Gambler 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... Read Full Overview

Como en muchas otras obras de F.M. Dostoievski, en El jugador nos encontramos con un personaje contradictorio, de talante impetuoso y acosado por una pasi n que le sume en la desesperaci n. En este caso, esa pasi n es doble: por una parte, como se puede inferir por el t tulo... Read Full Overview