- Taschenbuch: 112 Seiten
- Verlag: DOVER PUBN INC; Auflage: New edition
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0486290816
- ISBN-13: 978-0486290812
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21 x 13,2 x 0,9 cm
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A reissue of a collection of three stories by Dostoyevsky, of which THE GAMBLER ties in with the eponymous film to be released in the autumn.
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Dostoevsky invites us to enter the atmosphere of Napoleonian times Russia. Human interactions are brilliantly depicted - it is just as if the protagonists'inner dialogue was whispered to your ear. One can just sense the desperation and the fever of the compulsive gambler as well as the excitement of a winning streak.
However, what brought me to this book is my taste for randomness and as I was reading, I developed a betting strategy that makes the central intrigue a bit irrelevant (or at least makes it quite relative).
Still it is a passionating story where randomness is treated in an elegant and poetic way.
However, what brought me to this book is my taste for randomness and as I was reading, I developed a betting strategy that makes the central intrigue a bit irrelevant (or at least makes it quite relative).
Still it is a passionating story where randomness is treated in an elegant and poetic way.
Format:Taschenbuch
Dostoevsky invites us to enter the atmosphere of Napoleonian times Russia. Human interactions are brilliantly depicted - it is just as if the protagonists'inner dialogue was whispered to your ear. One can just sense the desperation and the fever of the compulsive gambler as well as the excitement of a winning streak.
However, what brought me to this book is my taste for randomness and as I was reading, I developed a betting strategy that makes the central intrigue a bit irrelevant (or at least makes it quite relative).
Still it is a passionating story where randomness is treated in an elegant and poetic way.
However, what brought me to this book is my taste for randomness and as I was reading, I developed a betting strategy that makes the central intrigue a bit irrelevant (or at least makes it quite relative).
Still it is a passionating story where randomness is treated in an elegant and poetic way.
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The story behind the creation of The Gambler is well-known--due to heavy debt, Dostoevsky had less than four weeks to write a novel to avoid losing the rights to all his works, both past and future. To make his task a bit easier, he hired the star pupil of a stenography school (whom he later married) to take dictation, and for the material of the novel he borrowed heavily from his own life--he had experience as a compulsive gambler, and he used his mistress Apollinariya Suslova as a model for the character Polina.
The result was an inspired, though by necessity short, work of art. The passages set in the casino do an excellent job of capturing the tortured fascination that gamblers have with the roulette wheel even for readers, such as myself, who have avoided casinos all their lives. However, The Gambler is not just about gambling--it features an intriguing array of characters which are developed quite well in the mere 117 pages of the novel. "Granny," for instance, is probably just about the most amusing character I've seen in Dostoevsky, and the entangled aims of all the characters make for a very lively narrative. It seems as though, if he had the opportunity, Dostoevsky could have written a whole novel about any one of them.
Obviously, The Gambler lacks the depth and brilliance of Dostoevsky's more famous long works, but if you're after a quick, entertaining read, it's really an excellent choice.
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Disappointing
Dostoyevski is my favorite author. But this book of his wasn't worth reading. He wrote this book in 2 weeks as he was pressed for money, and unfortunately, it shows. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
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I'll give this 3 stars just to be kind to Dostoyevsky, an author I love dearly, but The Gambler is by far the least satisfying, least engaging, and least interesting book by him... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Oktober 1999 von 777
A very good though not Fyodor at his best.
This is a very good book. A brilliant motley set of characters as usual with dostoevsky. Also a very interesting plots and a very memorable hero. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. September 1999 von Ido Hartogsohn
Competent
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky is an interesting, sometimes fascinating story about people's addiction to gambling. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
A great book from one of the best writer of all times
Wonderful, just a little (very little) less than "The Idiot".
Am 23. August 1998 veröffentlicht
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