The Gambler

The Gambler is a fast-paced and intensely personal novel inspired by Dostoyevsky's own struggles with gambling addiction. Set in a fictional European resort town, the novel examines obsession, financial desperation, pride, and destructive love. Sharp, ironic, and psychologically revealing, this work offers a gripping study of human weakness and compulsion, making it one of Dostoyevsky's most accessible yet disturbing novels.