The “player” occupies an important place among the novels by F. M. Dostoevsky: an adventurous plot based on the writer’s rich personal experience – his many years of passion for the game in the roulette. Excitement, addiction to the game, love conflicts involve the heroes of the novel in a crazy and endless whirlpool of events taking place in a fashionable resort. The book includes “Winter notes on summer impressions” – artistic essays in which the records of travel impressions are combined with a description of various aspects of the life of European countries, mainly France and England, and the author’s thoughts about the fate of the West and Russia; As well as the well -known satirical stories and stories “Dyadyushkin Sleep”, “The village of Steppanchikovo and its other inhabitants”, “A stranger wife and husband under the bed”, known for the numerous beloved spectators of cinematic and theatrical productions.
Author
Dostoevsky Fedor Mikhailovich
Editor
Rozman Natalya
Publisher
Eksmo, 2012
Series
Russian classics
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