Alma Classics: The Gambler

基本信息

By Fyodor Dostoevsky

Translated by Hugh Aplin

Series:Evergreens

Format:Paperback / softback 224 pages

Publisher:Alma Books Ltd

Imprint:Alma Classics

ISBN:9781847493828

Published:15 Oct 2014

Weight:204g

Dimensions:129 x 198 x 15 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《赌徒》是俄国作家陀思妥耶夫斯基创作的中篇小说，首次出版于1866年。

小说主要讲述波林娜爱上穷苦的家庭教师阿列克谢，但是，在阿列克谢外出期间，为了摆脱家庭的困境，波林娜成了一位放高利贷的法国人的未婚妻。阿列克谢为了拯救波林娜，陷进了轮盘赌。他最后赢了，但赌博的狂热已淹没了他对波林娜的爱情悲剧故事。作者以自我经历为原型，通过对市场资本主义价值观的批判，从而写出金钱对人的扭曲意识。

Inspired by Dostoevsky’s own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy, The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table, he finds himself engaged in a battle of wills with Polina, the woman he unrequitedly loves.

With an unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers and figures from European high society, this darkly comic novel of greed and self-destruction reveals Dostoevsky at his satirical and psychological best.

作者简介

费奥多尔·米哈伊洛维奇·陀思妥耶夫斯基（1821年11月11日—1881年2月9日），俄国作家。

陀思妥耶夫斯基出生于小贵族家庭，童年在莫斯科和乡间度过。1846年发表第一部长篇小说《穷人》，受到高度评价。1848年发表中篇小说《白夜》。1849年因参加反农奴制活动而被流放到西伯利亚，在此期间发表有长篇小说《被侮辱和被损害的》《罪与罚》《白痴》《群魔》《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》等作品。

陀思妥耶夫斯基的小说戏剧性强，情节发展快，接踵而至的灾难性事件往往伴随着复杂激烈的心理斗争和痛苦的精神危机，以此揭露出资产阶级关系的纷繁复杂、矛盾重重和深刻的悲剧性。

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His works include such seminal novels as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.