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Le Joueur
"Je comprenais tout ce que je risquais à perdre : tout, ma vie..."Autour de ses tapis de jeu, le général déchu se fait l'esclave d'un marquis et attend le décès de la richissime Baboulinka, sa tante. Alexis, le jeune précepteur, veut séduire l'intraitable Pauline, belle-fille de son employeur. Mais il est pauvre et doit impérativement gagner de l'argent. À son tour, il succombe à l'enfer du jeu...Hypothèques, héritages, intrigues, corruption morale sur fond de bonnes manières : qui donc résistera à ce tourbillon de folie ?
128 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2022
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
(Russian)
Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
Many literary critics rate him among the greatest authors of world literature and consider multiple books written by him to be highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He is also well regarded as a philosopher and theologian.
(Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (see also Fiodor Dostoïevski)
Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
Many literary critics rate him among the greatest authors of world literature and consider multiple books written by him to be highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He is also well regarded as a philosopher and theologian.
(Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (see also Fiodor Dostoïevski)
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February 23, 2025
3.5 (read in French)
I feel this was a good entry point into Dostoevsky. It's an engaging novella. I particularly enjoyed the depth of his characters and the psychological component. I was truly enthralled by this story and I cannot really say why that is.
I can't wait to read some of his more major works.
I feel this was a good entry point into Dostoevsky. It's an engaging novella. I particularly enjoyed the depth of his characters and the psychological component. I was truly enthralled by this story and I cannot really say why that is.
I can't wait to read some of his more major works.
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