Fyodor Dostoevsky - autor

TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY. Consumed by the idea of his own special destiny, immured in poverty and deprivation, Rashkolnikov is drawn to commit a terrible crime. In the aftermath, Rashkolnikov is dogged by madness, guilt and...

40,000 francs, which lay before him in a heap of gold and banknotes.Written in twenty-six days to pay off Dostoyevskys own roulette debts, The Gambler is a graphic psychological study of addiction, accompanied here by a brilliant short story...