The gambler
(2012)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Andrews UK : Made available through hoopla, 2012
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781781668429 (electronic bk.) MWT11471328, 1781668426 (electronic bk.) 11471328
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote 'The Gambler' after losing most of his money by gambling and entering into a hazardous contract with F. T. Stellovsky that if he did not deliver a novel of 12 or more signatures by 1 November 1866, Stellovsky would acquire the right to publish Dostoevsky's works for nine years without any compensation to the writer. The book is therefore a very accurate and personal portrayal of the allure of gambling, and the damage it can do
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