{"product_id":"the-gambler-9780486290812","title":"The Gambler","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compulsive gambler himself at a certain period of his life, Dostoyevsky wrote this novel with real authority. Set in the appropriately named Roulettenburg, a German spa with a casino and an international clientele, it concerns the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and complicated lives of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young gambler; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers, and other characters.\u003cbr\u003eAlthough not as dark as some of Dostoyevsky's other works, \u003ci\u003eThe Gambler\u003c\/i\u003e nevertheless offers a grim and psychologically probing picture of the fatal attractions of gambling. Among its strengths are its well-drawn characters -- Aunt Antonida, although lightly sketched in, is especially delightful -- and its faithful depiction of life among the gambling set in fashionable German watering holes. This edition reprints Constance Garnett's authoritative translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087118885015,"sku":"9780486290812","price":405.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780486290812.webp?v=1767639985","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-gambler-9780486290812","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}