280 pages
Chinese language
Published 1986 by Yüan jing chu ban shi yeh gong si.
Fyodor Dostoevsky: Du tu (Chinese language, 1986, Yüan jing chu ban shi yeh gong si)
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The Gambler (Russian: Игрокъ, romanized: Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella in 1866 under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.
