Name: The Gambler (en Inglés)
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Author: Hogarth, C. J. ; Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
ISBN: 9781544215204

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Createspace

Autor

Hogarth, C. J. ; Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

164

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm

Peso

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9781544215204

Categorías

Ficción: general y literaria

The Gambler (en Inglés)

Hogarth, C. J. ; Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Autor) · Createspace · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "The Gambler (en Inglés)"

The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a Russian family living in a suite at a German hotel. The patriarch of the family, The General, is indebted to the Frenchman de Criet and has mortgaged his property in Russia to pay only a small amount of his debt. Upon learning of the illness of his wealthy aunt, "Grandmother", he sends streams of telegrams to Moscow and awaits the news of her demise. His expected inheritance will pay his debts and gain Mademoiselle Blanche de Cominges's hand in marriage. Alexei is hopelessly in love with Polina, the General's stepdaughter, and swears an oath of servitude to her. He told her while on a walk on the Schlangenberg (a mountain in the German town) that all she had to do was give the word and he would gladly walk off the edge and plummet to his death. This leads to her asking him to go to the town's casino and place a bet for her. He refuses at first but, when goaded and reminded of his oath of undying love and servility, he succumbs and ends up winning at the roulette table.