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The Gambler
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Key facts
- Author
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Original title
- Игрокъ ( modern spelling without ъ )
- Language
- Russian
- Genre
- Novel
- Set in
- "Roulettenbad", Grand Duchy of Hesse , 1863
- Publisher
- Fyodor Stellovsky
- Publication place
- Russian Empire
- Media type
- Print ( Hardback & Paperback )
- Library of congress classification span
- PG3326 .I4
- Preceded by
- Crime and Punishment
- Followed by
- The Idiot
- Text
- The Gambler at Wikisource
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Read free · Project Gutenberg
- #2197
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Country of origin
- Russian Empire
- Followed by
- The Idiot
- Follows
- Crime and Punishment
- Narrative location
- Europe
- Image
- The Gambler (novel) 1866 first edition cover.jpg
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- publication date
- 1867-00-00
- title
- Игрок
- inception
- 1866-00-00
- Commons category
- The Gambler (novel)
- language of work or name
- Russian
- copyright status
- public domain
- subtitle
- Из записок молодого человека
- form of creative work
- novel
- first line
- Наконец я возвратился из моей двухнедельной отлучки.
- work available at URL
- standardebooks.org/ebooks/fyodor-dostoevsky/the-gambler/c-j-hogarth
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Gambler (Russian: Игрокъ, romanized: Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. Set in a hotel and casino in a German city, the theme of gambling reflects Dostoevsky's own experience of addiction to roulette. Dostoevsky completed the novel in 1866 under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Gambler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.