Gambler and Other Stories

The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky''s collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life - indeed, ''The Gambler'', a story of a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General, was written under a strict deadline so he could pay off his roulette debts. This volume includes ''Bobok'', the tale of a frustrated writer visiting a cemetery and ...