{"product_id":"house-of-the-dead-gambler-w10","title":"Fyodor Dostoevsky: The House of the Dead \/ The Gambler (Wordsworth Classics) [2010] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Constance Garnett with an introduction by Anthony Briggs.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDostoevsky's fascination for mental breakdown and violence (20 murders in his four main novels) was based on his own life, and these two unmistakably autobiographical works bear this out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is fiction, but based on his four years in a Siberian prison. An educated upper-class man is condemned to live among criminals and brutal guards, with arbitrary punishments, lousy food, disgusting living conditions, hard toil and many floggings. Somehow he avoids bitterness and recrimination; faith in humanity survives. With its breadth of characterisation, acute sense of detail and strong narrative interest, this work can still shock, entertain and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Gambler\u003c\/em\u003e we see the Russian community in a German spa town. Drawn to the casino, Alexey becomes obsessed with roulette. In a gripping story, full of psychological interest, his growing mania eclipses even his interest in Polina, a heroine of demonic and vibrant sexuality. Dostoevsky himself was rescued from a similar gambling obsession by the young stenographer who took down this work at his dictation and married him soon afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dostoevsky, Fyodor \u0026 Garnett, Constance \u0026 Briggs, A.D.P. \u0026 Carabine, Dr Keith (University Of Kent A","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46933037121875,"sku":"XV81840226294","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":42052698177721,"sku":"9781840226294","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/dostoevsky-fyodor-garnett-constance-briggs-a-d-p-carabine-dr-keith-university-of-kent-a-house-of-the-dead-gambler-9781840226294-32429447315641.jpg?v=1655989752","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/house-of-the-dead-gambler-w10","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}