The Gambler

　　The Gambler is a 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 under a strict deadline so he could pay off gambling debts.

作者簡介

　　Translated by Constance Garnett (1862 1946) who also translated the works of numerous Russian authors, including Tolstoy, Gogol, Pushkin, and Turgenev. Edited by Gary Saul Morson, a Francis Hooper Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University. He is the author of dozens of books and articles, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.