A young tutor descends into gambling addiction amid a passionate and tumultuous affair with his employer's niece.
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A young tutor descends into gambling addiction amid a passionate and tumultuous affair with his employer's niece.
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In this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the General's cruel yet seductive niece, Polina. In The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama w...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Central romantic obsession and affair with seductive emotional elements
Violence & gore
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No graphic violence depicted
Profanity
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Mild language typical of 19th century literature
Substance use
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Mentions of alcohol in social settings
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation
Religious content
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Minor religious references