The Gambler - Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij

This striking gift edition presents Dostoevsky's classic work The Gambler, featuring a luxurious, silver-embossed cover design, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers. In this gripping literary classic, Alexei Ivanovich is tutor to a Russian family. They are bankrupt and eagerly awaiting the death of 'Grandmother'. Alexei falls in love twice: first, with the beautiful but impossible Polina; and second, with the game of roulette. His addiction turns out to be shared by Grandmother who suddenly... Zobrazit více