Pelaaja
by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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Igrok. Finnish
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Pelaaja
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(novel)
Summary:
"Pelaaja" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a short novel completed in 1866. Set in a German casino town, it follows Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor to a debt-ridden Russian family desperately awaiting a wealthy aunt's inheritance. Alexei becomes entangled in their schemes while hopelessly devoted to Polina, the General's stepdaughter who...