The Gambler and A Nasty Business

'40,000 francs, which lay before him in a heap of gold and banknotes.''40,000 francs, which lay before him in a heap of gold and banknotes.'

Written in twenty-six days to pay off Dostoyevsky's own roulette debts, The GamblerThe Gambler is a graphic psychological study of addiction, accompanied here by a brilliant short story of excruciating social embarrassment.

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