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The gambler / Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2012.
- System Details:
- Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1110 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 311 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1109 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 307 KB).
- Summary:
- Delve into the question of the morality of gambling in this brilliant novella from famed Russian fiction writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The author of Crime and Punishment tackles the perennially controversial topic of gambling with his trademark incisiveness in this fast-paced, satisfying read. Literary sleuths say Dostoyevsky had an intimate knowledge of the subject matter-it is rumored that he penned this novella in order to help pay off one of his own gambling debts!
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen.
- ISBN:
- 9781620124604
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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