This striking gift edition presents Dostoevsky's classic work The Gambler, featuring a luxurious, silver-embossed cover design, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers.
In this gripping literary classic, Alexei Ivanovich is tutor to a Russian family. They are bankrupt and eagerly awaiting the death of 'Grandmother'. Alexei falls in love twice: first, with the beautiful but impossible Polina; and second, with the game of roulette. His addiction turns out to be shared by Grandmother who suddenly appears, very much alive, and willing to gamble down to her last banknote. The Gambler is a mesmerizing and thought-provoking work that showcases Dostoevsky's unparalleled ability to explore the complexities of the human condition.
This pocket gift edition contains the classic and unabridged text, presented with a silver embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapers and silver gilded page edges. Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series, this book makes wonderful gift for any lover of classic fiction.
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Dostoevsky remains one of the most acclaimed and celebrated European authors of all time.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-81) was one of Russia's foremost writers, producing novels, short stories, essays and philosophical texts. Born in Moscow, he initially trained as an engineer, spending his spare time translating books. The publication of his first book, Poor Folk, saw him enter the literary circles of St Petersburg, but he developed a gambling habit as he toured around Europe and then fell foul of the Russian authorities who sent him into exile in Siberia in 1849 for reading banned works.
C. J. Hogarth (1869-1945), a British soldier and accomplished translator of Russian literature. He translated the works of such notable authors as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gogol, Turgenev, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Goncharov, and others, contributing significantly to the dissemination of Russian literature in English.
George Davidson introduced this edition and modernised C. J. Hogarth's original translation.
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