Der Spieler
Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski
Russian tutor Alexei Ivanovich recounts his stay in the resort town of Roulettenburg, where he works for an indebted general and is passionately entangled with Polina. As relatives and creditors await a possible inheritance, the roulette table draws everyone into its calculations. This seventeen-chapter novel explores gambling, money, desire, power, and self-deception.
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Das Fräulein vom Spittelmarkt
Der Doppelgänger
Blumfeld
Der Bau
Der Prozess
Die Verwandlung
Erzählungen
In der Strafkolonie
Das Ende des Kriminalkommissars
Das Marmorbild
Das Schloß Dürande
Die Zauberei im Herbste