{"product_id":"the-gambler-fyodor-dostoyevsky-9781546551454","title":"The Gambler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFull text.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this short novel, the hero Alexei Ivanovich, in his devotion to the roulette table, believes in the truth of chance. And, through that belief, he is revealed to believe in nothing. He is a lost soul who loses all: love, status, wealth, self. His unrequited love of something becomes, instead, a requited love of nothingness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs often, art mirroring life: Fyodor Dostoevsky was also a gambler. And like most gamblers, he found himself in serious debt. Hence \u003ci\u003eThe Gambler\u003c\/i\u003e, which he wrote (actually dictated) within twenty-six days in 1866 in order to meet his publisher's deadline, which failure would have occasioned crippling financial penalties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 154655145X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781546551454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.59d","brand":"Fyodor Dostoyevsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068527636735,"sku":"9781546551454","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_404a6c42-c00d-4c66-ad69-fbe7bc94a949.jpg?v=1685419522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gambler-fyodor-dostoyevsky-9781546551454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}