El Jugador

By Fedor Dostoievski

Subjects: Translations into English, Germany, fiction, Compulsive gamblers, Fiction, general, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, Gamblers

Description: The Gambler (Russian: Игрокъ, romanized: Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's 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.