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The Gambler
The Gambler | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
The Gambler was written under the pressure of crushing debt. It is a stunning psychological portrait of a young mans exhilarating and destructive addiction, a compulsion that Dostoevskywho once gambled away his young wifes wedding ringknew intimately from his own experience. In the disastrous love affairs and gambling adventures of his character, Alexei Ivanovich, Dostoevsky explores the irresistible temptation to look into the abyss of ultimate risk that he believed was an essential part of the Russian national character.
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eeclayton
The Gambler | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
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I've read quite a few of Dostoevsky's books, but this one was probably the most enjoyable. I'm not saying it's the best, I like his longer works more, but The Gambler is different. It's short and seems light, but of course between the lines you'll find lots of food for thought. It's compulsively readable. It's intense but not overwhelming. The character studies and the exploration of addiction are excellent. I loved the grandmother the best 😁

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Ast_Arslan
The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.

Day 117th

Join the fun if you want!

#tbrpile

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rabbitprincess
The Gambler | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
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I‘ll call this a pick because at the moment it is my favourite Dostoevsky novel...mainly because it is short 😂 His protagonists are really hyped up emotionally and are exhausting to read about.
#ShutdownReadathon round 2 book 2

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rabbitprincess
The Gambler | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
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“living under the influence of passing moods, and of my recollections of the tempest which recently drew me into its vortex, and then cast me out again”

the tempest “wrapping me in its folds, until I have lost my sense of order and reality, and continue whirling and whirling and whirling around”

Oh hello pandemic anxiety brain! 😬

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reading-addict.94
The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Definitely worth of reading. Great book, great writer. I love his work. This is my second favorite book of Dostoyevsky.

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robertkoss
Der Spieler | Fjodor Dostojewski
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8/10

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ClairesReads
The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Back to Russian Lit because romance is annoying me on @SerialReader

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Tove_Reads
The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Which book has taken up space on your shelves for the longest? Russian lit is just not my thing...

minkyb Good question! 6y
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elawsan
The Gambler | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
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It was an audio book. It counts, right?

An interesting story about a General, a tutor, a Frenchman, an Englishman, a young woman, a grandmother, casinos, roulette, and of course gambling. Behind the facade of propriety, either love or money seem to drive these characters.

I'm Beginning to delve into the Russian authors. This one is a bit dry, but still a pick.

Poor narration though, and the bits that were in French were atrocious.

#LitsyAtoZ

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AbakusTheCat
The Gambler | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
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always impressed... again and again

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Alireza
The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Gambler is authentic it is the real thing. What a true gambler knows and sees about and in gambling.

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SerialReader
The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Dostoyevsky famously rushed to finish this novel to pay off his own gambling debts. But he had to rush because of another bet of sorts with his publisher: if he didn't deliver a novel in time, F.T. Stellovsky could publish his works for 9 years without paying him. He finished in less than a month.