The Gambler

<p>The Gambler paints a stark picture of the attractions-and addictions-of gambling. Using skillful characterization Dostoevsky faithfully depicts life among the gambling set in old Germany. This probing psychological novel explores the tangled love affairs and complicated lives of Alexey Ivanovitch a young gambler and Polina Alexandrovna the woman he loves.</p><p><br></p><p>Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow the son of a surgeon. As a member of revolutionary circles in St. Petersburg he was condemned to death in 1849. A last-minute reprieve sent him to Siberia for hard labor. Returning to St. Petersburg in 1859 he worked as a journalist and completed his masterpiece Crime and Punishment as well as other works including The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.</p><p><br></p>