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The Gambler

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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First published
1867
Pages
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  1. Chapter 1

    17:40

  2. Chapter 2

    12:06

  3. Chapter 3

    12:31

  4. Chapter 4

    14:44

  5. Chapter 5

    19:52

  6. Chapter 6

    20:10

  7. Chapter 7

    17:58

  8. Chapter 8

    20:54

  9. Chapter 9

    20:43

  10. Chapter 10

    30:29

  11. Chapter 11

    21:15

  12. Chapter 12

    28:56

  13. Chapter 13

    29:23

  14. Chapter 14

    21:09

  15. Chapter 15

    23:49

  16. Chapter 16

    23:52

  17. Chapter 17

    26:00

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At a hotel in Roulettenberg, a Russian household spends money with a confidence its private conversations do not support. Alexis Ivanovitch returns to the General's service to find cold welcomes, grand displays of wealth and little clarity about where the funds have come from. His attention keeps returning to Polina Alexandrovna, whose indifference unsettles him. Through his first-person account, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel places wounded pride beside financial dependence and the urge to gamble.

The casino gives these tensions a different shape. An elderly woman known as the Grandmother insists on backing zero at roulette, dismisses cautions and becomes impatient with every turn of the wheel. Her certainty brings out the gap between chance and a player's belief in personal judgment.

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.

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First published
1867
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
116
Language
English
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Audio read by
Bill Boerst and Jason Ingolfsland