The Gambler

The novel "The Gambler" by F. M. Dostoevsky is a psychological study of the destructive power of gambling addiction and human passion.

Dostoevsky wrote "The Gambler" in 26 days after losing everything in gambling. He promised the publisher to create a novel in the shortest possible time and took up the pen. He easily transferred the well-known passion for gambling onto the pages of his work.

Aleksey Ivanovich, a poor nobleman and private tutor, lives with a general's family at the German resort of Roulettenburg. Madly in love, he finds himself in the casino. He is confident that he can control the game. But soon he realizes: roulette does not forgive mistakes.