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The Gambler
About the book
A young tutor spirals into roulette addiction in a German spa town, chasing money and a woman who torments him. Dostoevsky wrote it in weeks to pay his own gambling debts — and it burns with real fever.
Author Fyodor DostoevskyFirst published 1867Listening time ~5 hoursLanguage EnglishPrice Free
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Short, propulsive, and feverish — a quick, gripping listen.
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