The Gambler

? He risked everything — not for money, but for love and power.
In The Gambler, Fyodor Dostoevsky plunges readers into the feverish world of addiction, passion, and moral collapse, drawing from his own turbulent experience with gambling and obsession.

The story follows Alexei Ivanovich, a young tutor trapped in the service of a wealthy Russian family in a European resort. As he becomes consumed by love for the beautiful Polina and by the hypnotic lure of the roulette wheel, Alexei's fate spins out of control.
With every turn, he gambles not just with money, but with his dignity, freedom, and soul.

Taut, vivid, and deeply human, The Gambler captures the intoxicating thrill and devastation of chance — revealing Dostoevsky's unparalleled insight into human weakness, desire, and self-destruction.

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