Gambler
Chapter 1 of 17 Chapter 1
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17:40
- Running time
- 6 h 2 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Bill Boerst, Jason Ingolfsland
- Translated by
- C. J. Hogarth
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About this recording
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 novella under a strict deadline so he could pay off gambling debts. (Summary from Wikipedia)