The Gambler by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Fiction, Classics.

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The Gambler is the tale of a man named Alexei with a passion for – no, an addiction to – roulette. In Dostoevsky’s own words, … all his vital sap, all his energies, his impetuosity and boldness will be absorbed by roulette. He is a gambler, but not just an ordinary gambler … My hero is, in his way, a poet, but he feels ashamed…and he feels its ugliness [the ugliness of his addiction] deeply.