El jugador

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky

The Gambler — 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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