The Gambler - 9781544754291

The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a Russian family living in a suite at a German hotel. The patriarch of the family, The General, is indebted to the Frenchman de Criet and has mortgaged his property in Russia to pay only a small amount of his debt. Upon learning of the illness of his wealthy aunt, "Grandmother", he sends streams of telegrams to Moscow and awaits the news of her demise. His expected inheritance will pay his debts and gain Mademoiselle Blanche de Cominges's hand in marriage.

• • Author: Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich, Sir Angels
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Mar 17, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 162 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1544754299
• • ISBN-13: 9781544754291