The Gambler
Title | The Gambler PDF eBook |
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Publisher | Library of Alexandria |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2020-09-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1465589325 |
The Gambler
Title | The Gambler PDF eBook |
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Russia |
ISBN |
The Gambler Wife
Title | The Gambler Wife PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew D. Kaufman |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2022-08-30 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0525537155 |
FINALIST FOR THE PEN JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY “Feminism, history, literature, politics—this tale has all of that, and a heroine worthy of her own turn in the spotlight.” —Therese Anne Fowler, bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald A revelatory new portrait of the courageous woman who saved Dostoyevsky’s life—and became a pioneer in Russian literary history In the fall of 1866, a twenty-year-old stenographer named Anna Snitkina applied for a position with a writer she idolized: Fyodor Dostoyevsky. A self-described “girl of the sixties,” Snitkina had come of age during Russia’s first feminist movement, and Dostoyevsky—a notorious radical turned acclaimed novelist—had impressed the young woman with his enlightened and visionary fiction. Yet in person she found the writer “terribly unhappy, broken, tormented,” weakened by epilepsy, and yoked to a ruinous gambling addiction. Alarmed by his condition, Anna became his trusted first reader and confidante, then his wife, and finally his business manager—launching one of literature’s most turbulent and fascinating marriages. The Gambler Wife offers a fresh and captivating portrait of Anna Dostoyevskaya, who reversed the novelist’s freefall and cleared the way for two of the most notable careers in Russian letters—her husband’s and her own. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other little-known archival sources, Andrew Kaufman reveals how Anna protected her family from creditors, demanding in-laws, and her greatest romantic rival, through years of penury and exile. We watch as she navigates the writer’s self-destructive binges in the casinos of Europe—even hazarding an audacious turn at roulette herself—until his addiction is conquered. And, finally, we watch as Anna frees her husband from predatory contracts by founding her own publishing house, making Anna the first solo female publisher in Russian history. The result is a story that challenges ideas of empowerment, sacrifice, and female agency in nineteenth-century Russia—and a welcome new appraisal of an indomitable woman whose legacy has been nearly lost to literary history.
The Gambler, Bobok, A Nasty Story
Title | The Gambler, Bobok, A Nasty Story PDF eBook |
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1973-09-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0141907959 |
The stories in this volume demonstrate Dostoyevsky's genius for fusing caricature, irony and the grotesque to create a powerful dark humour. The Gambler is a breathtaking portrayal of an intense and futile obsession. Based on Dostoyevsky's own experience of financial desperation and the compulsive desire to win money, it focuses on the characters that take their places at the gaming tables of 'Roulettenburg': the outspoken, aristocratic 'Grandmamma', the mercenary Mademoiselle Blanche, the cool, mysterious Polina and Alex, the author's self-portrait; a man gripped by exhilaration and hopelessness. Bobok is a blackly comic satire in which a desolate writer becomes drawn into the conversations of the dead, and A Nasty Story is a humorous look at the disparity between a man's exaggerated ideal of himself and the sad reality.
The Gambler
Title | The Gambler PDF eBook |
Author | Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Publisher | Modern Library |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2007-12-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307432246 |
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 endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the General’s cruel yet seductive niece, Polina. In The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this stunning psychological portrait.
The House of the Dead and the Gambler
Title | The House of the Dead and the Gambler PDF eBook |
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010-05-05 |
Genre | Exiles |
ISBN | 9781840226294 |
Alexey Ivanovitch is a young tutor in the household of a general. He is both observer and actor in the tempest which surrounds his impoverished employer. Everyone is waiting for the death of Granny, the general's rich aunt, but so far from dying, she turns up alive and well, and makes her way to the casino...
The Gambler, with Polina Suslova's Diary
Title | The Gambler, with Polina Suslova's Diary PDF eBook |
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Publisher | |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
The Gambler paints a stark picture of the attractions--and addictions--of gambling. Using skillful characterization, Dostoevsky faithfully depicts life among the gambling set in old Germany. This probing psychological novel explores the tangled love affairs and complicated lives of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young gambler, and Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves.