The Gambler -

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Modern Library

2003

240 páginas

8h 0m

ISBN-13: 9780812966930

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 with this stunning psychological portrait.

Resenhas (1)

2 (Razoável)

Boring (for me)

Such a slow pace and boring book. The characters are not interesting at all, including the main character, who is a stubborn young man. The only good character that appears is the Grandmother and she doesn't stay for too long. Not much happens before and after the Grandmother appears, to be honest.

The writing is also very clumsy, sometimes I had to go back twice to the same sentence to understand it fully. I don't know if it's the edition that I read, but a single paragraph would go for two or more pages. Unfortunately, this was not a book that I enjoyed reading.