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Everyman's library volume no. 533
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
©1962
Language
English
Description
Fictionalized memoir of a man serving as ten-year prison sentence for murdering his wife. Written in 1861, following Dostoevsky's own four-year prison internment, depicts the prison coffin with considerable immediacy.
2) The gambler
Author
Language
English
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Description
First published in Russian in 1866, "The Gambler", by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is a gripping narrative of the dangers of gambling. As was common with Dostoyevsky's other writings, he draws upon his own life in a semi-autobiographical way. Dostoyevksy himself suffered from a compulsion to gambling and had to complete "The Gambler" under a strict deadline to pay off his own debts. These first-hand experiences bring a depth of realism to the novel and to...
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