1740450The Gamblerhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-gambler-44/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/508914/4bb652c1-5286-4680-bda5-84fc0edd62cf.jpg?v=638335097985500000129129MXNMemorable Classics eBooksInStock/Ebooks/The Gambler by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevskys own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella in 1866 under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a Russian family living in a suite at a German hotel. The patriarch of the family, The General, is indebted to the Frenchman de Grieux and has mortgaged his property in Russia to pay only a small amount of his debt.Upon learning of the illness of his wealthy aunt, "Grandmother", he sends streams of telegrams to Moscow and awaits the news of her demise. His expected inheritance will pay his debts and gain Mademoiselle Blanche de Comingess hand in marriage.Alexei is hopelessly in love with Polina, the Generals niece. She asks him to go to the towns casino and place a bet for her. After hesitations, he succumbs and ends up winning at the roulette table. He returns to her the winnings but she will not tell him the reason she needs money. She only laughs in his face (as she does when he professes his love) and treats him with cold indifference, if not downright malice.He only learns the details of the Generals and Polinas financial state later in the story through his long-time acquaintance, Mr. Astley. Astley is a shy Englishman who seems to share Alexeis fondness of Polina. He comes from English nobility and has a good deal of money....1714153The Gambler129129https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-gambler-44/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/508914/4bb652c1-5286-4680-bda5-84fc0edd62cf.jpg?v=638335097985500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229791221366464_W3siaWQiOiI5ZmEyMWExMC1hNTZmLTRkZTgtOGNiYS1iZmQ2MzQ4MzIwNzEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjEyOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6MTI5LCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiQWdlbmN5IiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0wNS0xOVQwNDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlfV0=9791221366464_The Gambler by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevskys own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella in 1866 under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a Russian family living in a suite at a German hotel. The patriarch of the family, The General, is indebted to the Frenchman de Grieux and has mortgaged his property in Russia to pay only a small amount of his debt.Upon learning of the illness of his wealthy aunt, Grandmother, he sends streams of telegrams to Moscow and awaits the news of her demise. His expected inheritance will pay his debts and gain Mademoiselle Blanche de Comingess hand in marriage.Alexei is hopelessly in love with Polina, the Generals niece. She asks him to go to the towns casino and place a bet for her. After hesitations, he succumbs and ends up winning at the roulette table. He returns to her the winnings but she will not tell him the reason she needs money. She only laughs in his face (as she does when he professes his love) and treats him with cold indifference, if not downright malice.He only learns the details of the Generals and Polinas financial state later in the story through his long-time acquaintance, Mr. Astley. Astley is a shy Englishman who seems to share Alexeis fondness of Polina. He comes from English nobility and has a good deal of money.9791221366464_Memorable Classics eBookslibro_electonico_963b520e-f0c4-3c5f-8764-6f9915684399_9791221366464;9791221366464_9791221366464Fyodor MikhailovichInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/simplicissimus-epub-e1e0d366-8bc9-48b7-ac9e-69028916e318.epub2022-06-02T00:00:00+00:00Memorable Classics eBooks